Khor Shambat 1 (Neolithic)
Basic information
Sample name: Khor Shambat 1 (Neolithic)
Sample aka: KSH1
Reference: J. Dunne, M. Jordeczka, M. Chlodnicki, K. Hardy, L. Kubiak-Martens, M. Moskal-del Hoyo, . Marta Osypinska, M. Portillo, I. Sobkowiak-Tabaka, S. Delgado-Raack, P. Bobrowski, P. S. Breeze, N. Drake, K. Manning, and R. P. Evershed. 2021. Holocene resource exploitation along the Nile: diet and subsistence strategies of Mesolithic and Neolithic societies at Khor Shambat 1, Sudan. Antiquity 95:1426-1445 [ER 3834]
Geography
Country: Sudan
Coordinate: 15° 39' N, 32° 29' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Section: 3834
Unit number: 2
Unit order: below to above
Max Ma: 0.00594
Min Ma: 0.004485
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "in Omdurman" (basis of coordinate)
there are 10 Neolithic 14C dates ranging from 5940 +/- 40 to 4485 +/- 35 yr BP
there are 10 Neolithic 14C dates ranging from 5940 +/- 40 to 4485 +/- 35 yr BP
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement
Archaeology: burials,ceramics,other structures
Habitat comments: a "settlement" with "an area of 1.5ha" with "intense settlement activity and a vast cemetary"
the assemblage is a human accumulation including pottery sherds
the assemblage is a human accumulation including pottery sherds
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,birds,turtles,fishes
Sample size: 846 specimens
Sampling comments: archaeobotanical material is also described
molluscs are also present
molluscs are also present
Metadata
Sample number: 4187
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-03-25 17:36:40
Modified: 2023-05-30 06:25:36
Abundance distribution
19 species
1 singleton
total count 846
geometric series index: 23.1
Fisher's α: 3.451
geometric series k: 0.7228
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7371
Shannon's H: 1.7997
Good's u: 0.9988
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Register
| Osteichthyes indet. | 345 | |
| "Pisces" | ||
| Centrochelys sulcata | 3 | |
| "Geochelone sulcata" | ||
| Aves indet. | 7 | |
| also 71 egg shells | ||
| Gerbillus sp. | 3 | |
| Hystrix cristata | 33 | 12 kg |
| Herpestes ichneumon | 6 | 2.9 kg carnivore-insectivore |
| Crocuta crocuta | 6 | 66 kg carnivore |
| Equus africanus | 1 | 287 kg |
| "wild donkey" | ||
| Potamochoerus larvatus | 55 | 38 kg grazer-browser |
| Hippopotamus amphibius | 20 | 1107 kg grazer |
| Ourebia ourebi | 47 | 14 kg grazer-browser |
| Sylvicapra grimmia | 25 | 13 kg browser-grazer |
| Tragelaphus strepsiceros | 2 | 189 kg browser-grazer |
| Kobus kob | 10 | 77 kg grazer |
| Tragelaphus scriptus | 9 | 31 kg browser-grazer |
| Hippotragus equinus | 7 | 246 kg grazer |
| Canis lupus familiaris | 12 | 43 kg carnivore |
| "Canis lupus domestica" | ||
| Bos taurus | 247 | 337 kg |
| Ovis aries | 8 | 41 kg |
| plus 187 sheep or goat | ||