Sagan-Zaba II (Layer 1)
Basic information
Sample name: Sagan-Zaba II (Layer 1)

Reference: T. Nomokonova, R. J. Losey, A. Weber, O. I. Goriunova, and A. G. Novikov. 2011. Late Holocene subsistence practices among Cis-Baikal pastoralists, Siberia. Asian Perspectives 49(1):157-179 [ER 3368]
Geography
Country: Russia


Coordinate: 51° 51' N, 104° 53' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Holocene

Section: 3368

Unit number: 1

Unit order: above to below

Ma: 0.00058

Age basis: radiocarbon (calibrated)

Geography comments: Site is "located on the western shore of Lake Baikal" inside Pribaikalsky National Park (basis of coordinate)
"A single radiocarbon date of 580 ± 85 (SOAN–6590; A.D. 1300–1370) was produced on this layer"
"all dates calibrated using Calib 5.0.1, with margins of errors presented at 1 sigma"

Environment
Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation

Archaeology: ceramics,hearths,metal tools,other artifacts

Habitat comments: "The small cove and shoreline near the site... feature extensive prehistoric rock art"
"Stratified Holocene habitation deposits are found throughout the floor of the short U-shaped valley backing the cove"
"Archaeological materials at Sagan-Zaba were discovered and excavated in the 1970s"
"cultural materials spanning from the Iron Age to the non-ceramic Neolithic were recovered" from these excavations
The ceramic remains uncovered from this layer may indicate "mixing of materials between layers I and II"

Methods
Life forms: rodents,ungulates,marine mammals,birds,fishes

Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash

Sample size: 114 specimens

Sampling comments: "Modern field recovery and recording methods (e.g., sieving of all deposits over 3 mm mesh, flotation for botanical remains, detailed stratigraphic studies, and total station artifact mapping) were applied throughout all phases of excavation"
"fieldwork in 2006 involved testing the cove through augering and small excavation blocks"
"Two trenches totalling ∼67 m3 were excavated at the northeastern portion of the site in in 2007–2008"

Metadata
Sample number: 3726

Contributor: Benjamin Carter

Enterer: Benjamin Carter

Created: 2021-05-06 10:59:56

Modified: 2023-04-29 02:49:00

Abundance distribution
10 species
2 singletons
total count 114
extrapolated richness: 15.8
Fisher's α: 2.640
geometric series k: 0.6407
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7098
Shannon's H: 1.6210
Good's u: 0.9828
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Equus spp.6
Capreolus pygargus11
also 2 Cervidae indet.
Bos spp.13
Caprinae indet.19
also 33 Artiodactyla indet.
Phoca sibirica55
Urocitellus undulatus4
"Citellus undulatus"
Muridae indet.1
Aves indet.1
Acipenser baerii baicalensis2
Salmonidae indet.2
also 52 Fish indet.