Qubur al-Walaydah (Field 2)
Basic information
Sample name: Qubur al-Walaydah (Field 2)

Reference: E. F. Maher. 2010. Late iron age faunal remains from Qubur al-Walaydah. Die Welt des Orients 40(2):268-272 [ER 3748]
Geography
Country: Israel


Coordinate: 31° 24' 45" N, 34° 32' 3" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Time interval: Holocene

Max Ma: 0.00275

Min Ma: 0.00255

Age basis: other

Geography comments: "Qubur al-Walaydah is a small archaeological site in south-west Israel with a total size of about two ha. The site is located on the right bank of the Nahal Besor stream between Tell Jemmeh and Tell el-Far'ah (South)".
"The fauna dates to Iron Age II occupation phases associated with the 8th–7th centuries BCE" (Lehmann et al. 2010 report that these dates are based on analysis of the associated pottery)

Environment
Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement

Archaeology: buildings,ceramics,other structures

Habitat comments: The Iron Age II occupation at Field 2 is constrained to strata III, IV, and V. "The site was probably occupied by a single farmstead during Stratum VI"; "there was also apparently only a single building on the small mound in Stratum V".
"On the occupation surfaces of this stratum (V) substantial amounts of pottery were found, including a cooking pot. There was also a pit within Stratum V that was rich with pottery finds". Several damaged walls were found in strata III and IV, including some with stone foundations in Stratum III. "There are no settlement remains after Stratum III".

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates,birds

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 77 specimens

Years: 2007, 2009

Sampling comments: "In 2007 and 2009 two seasons of excavations were conducted at the site. The excavations concentrated on two fields. In Field 1 400 square meters were opened and in Field 2 a total of 150 square meters were excavated".
The faunal remains below are derived from thirty-four baskets associated with sixteen different loci from Field 2.

Metadata
Sample number: 3996

Contributor: Benjamin Carter

Enterer: Benjamin Carter

Created: 2022-10-06 12:25:59

Modified: 2023-04-03 09:12:13

Abundance distribution
6 species
2 singletons
total count 77
extrapolated richness: 11.5
Fisher's α: 1.521
geometric series k: 0.4353
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.2924
Shannon's H: 0.6970
Good's u: 0.9740
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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