Tel Ro'im West (PPNC)
Basic information
Sample name: Tel Ro'im West (PPNC)
Reference: N. Agha, D. Nadel, and G. Bar-Oz. 2019. New insights into livestock management and domestication at Tel Ro'im West, a multi-layer Neolithic site in the Upper Jordan Valley, Israel. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 27:101991- [ER 3752]
Geography
Country: Israel
Coordinate: 33° 14' 42" N, 36° 34' 25" E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Time interval: Holocene
Section: 3752
Unit number: 2
Unit order: below to above
Max Ma: 0.0087
Min Ma: 0.00835
Age basis: radiocarbon (calibrated)
Geography comments: "Tel Ro'im West is a Neolithic mound situated above the northwestern margin of the Hula Valley, c. 150 m west of Tel Ro'im, in northern Israel. It is located on a low rise at the foot of the Ramim Ridge, c. 175 m asl".
The Pre-Pottery Neolithic C stratum of Tel Ro'im West dates to between 8700 and 8350 cal. BP.
The Pre-Pottery Neolithic C stratum of Tel Ro'im West dates to between 8700 and 8350 cal. BP.
Environment
Lithology: sandstone
Taphonomic context: human accumulation, settlement
Archaeology: buildings, stone tools
Habitat comments: "The site contains five main strata. The PPNC sequence corresponds to Stratum IV, composed of light coloured, yellowish-grey sandy sediment 0.5-0.8 m thick. Remains of a few rectangular walls were found, one of which was preserved to a height of up to three courses, and was particularly massive and long (at least 13 m in length). The flint assemblage and absence of potsherds confirms this stratum was associated with the PPNC".
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, birds, lizards, turtles
Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash
Sample size: 312 specimens
Years: 2004
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "Initial probes were conducted at the site followed by a salvage excavation in 2004. The main excavation was carried out in two areas: Area A (125 m2) and Area B (50 m2). Area A was excavated to bedrock and reached a depth of c. 4 m while area B was excavated to an average depth of about 1 m". The remains below were derived from Area A.
"All bone fragments were retrieved through dry sifting (10 mm) from stratigraphically well-defined loci and layers".
"All bone fragments were retrieved through dry sifting (10 mm) from stratigraphically well-defined loci and layers".
Metadata
Sample no: 4002
Contributor no: Benjamin Carter
Enterer: Benjamin Carter
Created: 2022-10-10 12:29:14
Modified: 2023-05-30 02:04:50
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
14 species
7 singletons
total count 312
geometric series index: 29.9
Fisher's α: 3.01
geometric series k: 0.6755
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6698
Shannon's H: 1.5256
Good's u: 0.9776
Register
| †Bos primigenius (aurochs) | 60 | |
| also 92 Bos sp. | ||
| Dama dama mesopotamica (European fallow deer) | 1 | |
| "Dama mesopotamica" | ||
| Sus scrofa (pig) | 164 | |
| Capreolus capreolus (roe deer) | 1 | |
| Ovis aries (sheep) | 17 | |
| Capra aegagrus hircus (wild goat) | 13 | |
| 165 Caprinae indet. | ||
| Gazella gazella (mountain gazelle) | 23 | 21.0 kg |
| Canis sp. | 1 | |
| Vulpes vulpes (red fox) | 5 | |
| Felis sp. | 1 | |
| Spalax sp. | 1 | |
| Anas sp. | 1 | |
| Testudo graeca | 23 | |
| Laudakia vulgaris | 1 | |
| "Agama stellio" - reassignment based on geography (see Karameta et al. 2022) | ||