Fortress of Vilars (sector 7/3)
Basic information
Sample name: Fortress of Vilars (sector 7/3)

Reference: A. Nieto Espinet, J. B. López Melción, A. Gardeisen, and . Junyent. 2018. Votive well or refuse tip? Chronicle of an abandonment: taphonomic study of the faunal remains of an iron age well-cistern. Historical Biology 30(6):894-915 [ER 3836]
Geography
Country: Spain

State: Catalonia


Coordinate: 41° 34' 6" N, 0° 57' 15" E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Holocene

Max Ma: 0.00235

Min Ma: 0.00225

Age basis: other

Geography comments: coordinate based on the Wikipedia entry for Els Vilars
the cistern "was used from at the end of the fifth century until its abandonment in the last quarter of the fourth century BCE" (approximately 400 to 300 BCE)
basis of dating is entirely unclear

Environment
Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement

Archaeology: buildings,ceramics

Habitat comments: from an "access ramp" within a fortress that leads to a cistern (see sector 7/1)
there is "pottery" in this sector but presence of other archaeological features is not discusse
certainly a human accumulation

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates,other small mammals

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 119 specimens

Metadata
Sample number: 4190

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2023-03-28 16:05:50

Modified: 2023-03-28 05:05:50

Abundance distribution
8 species
2 singletons
total count 119
extrapolated richness: 12.6
Fisher's α: 1.935
geometric series k: 0.5599
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6799
Shannon's H: 1.4268
Good's u: 0.9833
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Ovis aries1641 kg
plus 120 sheep or goat
Capra aegagrus hircus722 kg browser-grazer
"Capra hircus"
Sus scrofa domesticus2854 kg herbivore
"Sus domesticus"
Bos taurus58337 kg
Canis lupus familiaris143 kg carnivore
"dog"
Canis lupus143 kg carnivore
"wolf"
Cervus elaphus6104 kg
"red deer"
Leporidae indet.2
"rabbit"