Huoshiliang
Basic information
Sample name: Huoshiliang

Reference: S.-M. Hu, P.-C. Zhang, and M. Yuan. 2008. A study on the faunal remains from the Huoshiliang site in Yulin, Shaanxi. Acta Anthropologica Sinica 27(3):232-248 [ER 3813]
Geography
Country: China

State: Shaanxi



Coordinate: 38.36° N, 109.65° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map

Time interval: Holocene

Max Ma: 0.0041

Min Ma: 0.00385

Age basis: other

Geography comments: in Changhanjie Village, Xiaojihan Township, Yuyang District, Yulin City
coordinate based on Changhanjie Elementary School
from the late Longshan to the early Xia Dynasty, 2150 to 1900 BC = 4100 to 3850 BP

Environment
Lithology: sandstone

Taphonomic context: aeolian deposit,human accumulation,settlement

Archaeology: bone tools,buildings,burials,ceramics,hearths,metal tools,stone tools

Habitat comments: there were three house sites, 27 ash pits, and two tombs with pottery, stone tools, bone tools, and bronze tools
from within or at the bottom of a flowing aeolian sandy soil that covers a black sand layer about 1 m thick

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,birds

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 1109 specimens

Years: 2006

Sampling comments: the excavation area was about 350 m2

Metadata
Sample number: 4158

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2023-03-12 17:49:08

Modified: 2023-03-12 06:49:08

Abundance distribution
19 species
6 singletons
total count 1109
geometric series index: 34.3
Fisher's α: 3.257
geometric series k: 0.6984
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6115
Shannon's H: 1.3384
Good's u: 0.9946
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Eospalax fontanierii1
"Myospalax fontanierii"
Myospalax cansus1
Lepus capensis3
Vulpes vulpes15.3 kg carnivore-insectivore
Canis lupus familiaris1543 kg carnivore
"Canis familiaris"
Meles leucurus16.0 kg
"Meles meles"
Prionailurus bengalensis53.4 kg carnivore
"Felis bengalensis"
Panthera tigris2168 kg carnivore
Equus sp.1
plus 2 specimens found at a nearby site
Sus scrofa domesticus13154 kg herbivore
"Sus domestica"
Cervus nippon7103 kg
Cervus elaphus19104 kg
Capreolus pygargus2
"Capreolus capreolus"
Gazella sp.640
compared to subgutturosa
Ovis sp.53
Capra sp.7
Pseudois nayaur133 kg grazer-browser
Bos sp.217
Aves indet.2