Sagan-Zaba II (Layer 3B)
Basic information
Sample name: Sagan-Zaba II (Layer 3B)

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: 52° 51' N, 105° 53' E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Holocene

Section: 3368

Unit number: 4

Unit order: above to below

Max Ma: 0.00337

Min Ma: 0.0026

Age basis: radiocarbon (calibrated)

Geography comments: Site is "located on the western shore of Lake Baikal" inside Pribaikalsky National Park (basis of coordinate)
"Two radiocarbon dates on charcoal from this layer produced ages of 2600 ± 145 (SOAN–6593; 900–540 B.C.) and 3370 ± 55 (SOAN–7148; 1740–1570 B.C.)"
"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: bone tools, ceramics, hearths, stone 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

Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, marine mammals, other small mammals, birds, fishes, snails

Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash

Sample size: 595 specimens

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

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 no: 3729

Contributor no: Benjamin Carter

Enterer: Benjamin Carter

Created: 2021-05-06 15:53:59

Modified: 2023-04-29 02:48:54

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
20 species
7 singletons
total count 595
geometric series index: 35.8
Fisher's α: 3.991
geometric series k: 0.728
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4961
Shannon's H: 1.2808
Good's u: 0.9882
Register
Equus spp. 3
Cervus elaphus (red deer)7
also 6 Cervidae indet.
Capreolus pygargus (Siberian roe deer)16
Bos spp. 12
Ovis aries (sheep)5
also 22 Caprinae indet. and 39 Artiodactyla indet.
Capra aegagrus hircus (wild goat)1
"Capra hircus"
Phoca sibirica 416
Lutra lutra (Eurasian otter)16.1 kg
also 1 Carnivora indet.
Castor fiber 1
Lepus timidus 3
Urocitellus undulatus 54
"Citellus undulatus"
Muridae indet.27
also 31 Rodentia indet.
Anas spp. 1
Buteo cf. buteo 124.0 g
also 6 Aves indet.
Thymallus arcticus 1
Coregonus spp. 8
also 363 Salmonidae indet.
Acipenser baerii baicalensis28
Leuciscus baicalensis 1
also 1 Cyprinidae indet.
Perca fluviatilis 5
also 141 Fish indet.
Mollusca indet.4
presumably snails