Berenike Trogodytika (tower)
Basic information
Sample name: Berenike Trogodytika (tower)

Reference: M. Osypinska and M. Wozniak. 2019. Livestock economy at Berenike, a Hellenistic city on the Red Sea (Egypt). African Archaeological Review 36:367-382 [ER 3832]
Geography
Country: Egypt


Coordinate: 23° 54' 31" N, 35° 28' 21" E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Holocene

Max Ma: 0.0017

Min Ma: 0.00165

Age basis: other

Geography comments: coordinate based on Berenice Troglodytica
"The chronology of some Hellenistic structures was determined from coins and pottery. These finds indicate the second half of the third century BC as the peak of settlement activity"

Environment
Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement

Archaeology: buildings

Habitat comments: "the remains of a corner tower in the northern courtyard of the 'fort'"

Methods
Life forms: rodents,ungulates

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 16 specimens

Years: 2010 - 2018

Sampling comments: fishes and molluscs were collected but are not detailed

Metadata
Sample number: 4182

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2023-03-24 18:19:15

Modified: 2023-03-24 07:25:05

Abundance distribution
3 species
0 singletons
total count 16
extrapolated richness: 3.8
Fisher's α: 1.090
geometric series k: 0.6124
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5917
Shannon's H: 1.0239
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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