Luluyyah Fort
Basic information
Sample name: Luluyyah Fort
Reference: M. Uerpmann. 2017. Faunal remains from the Islamic fort at Luluyyah (Sharjah, UAE). Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 28(1):2-10 [ER 3830]
Geography
Country: United Arab Emirates
Coordinate: 25° 23' 31" N, 56° 21' 22" E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.0007
Min Ma: 0.0006
Age basis: other
Geography comments: "just north of Khor Fakkan in the Emirate of Sharjah. It lies at Ra's Luluyyah, about 1 km from the coast"
coordinate based on Mindat data for Ra's Lūlayyah, which is clearly the same thing
"The site can be dated to the late thirteenth and early fourteenth century CE based on traded Chinese ware"
coordinate based on Mindat data for Ra's Lūlayyah, which is clearly the same thing
"The site can be dated to the late thirteenth and early fourteenth century CE based on traded Chinese ware"
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation
Archaeology: buildings
Habitat comments: "animal bone refuse left behind by the former inhabitants of the fort within the small occupied area on the hilltop... The large majority of faunal remains from Luluyyah come from slaughtering or kitchen waste"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, ungulates, marine mammals, other small mammals, birds, turtles, fishes, crustaceans
Excluded forms: clams, snails
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 920 specimens
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "Excavations at the fort were conducted in 2000 and 2001 by the Japanese Archaeological Mission to the UAE under the directorship of Tatsuo and Hanae Sasaki... sieving was not used... the faunal remains consist of hand-picked finds... Molluscs and crustaceans were excluded from the present analyses" but crabs are listed in the table, so only molluscs were actually not counted
Metadata
Sample no: 4179
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-03-24 16:10:55
Modified: 2023-03-24 05:10:55
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
32 species
7 singletons
total count 920
geometric series index: 48.5
Fisher's α: 6.44
geometric series k: 0.8411
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8906
Shannon's H: 2.5758
Good's u: 0.9924
Register
| Bos taurus (cow) | 18 | |
| "cattle" listed as "Bos" | ||
| Ovis aries (sheep) | 71 | |
| domestic "sheep" listed as "Ovis" | ||
| Capra aegagrus hircus (wild goat) | 61 | |
| domestic "goat" listed as "Capra": also 782 Ovis or Capra | ||
| Camelus dromedarius (dromedary) | 1 | 448.0 kg |
| "dromedary" listed as "Dromedarius" | ||
| Felis catus (domestic cat) | 11 | |
| "cat" listed as "Catus" | ||
| Gallus gallus | 20 | |
| "chicken" listed as "Gallus" | ||
| Lepus capensis | 2 | |
| Vulpes vulpes (red fox) | 2 | |
| Antilopini indet. | 1 | |
| "Gazella sp.": possibly Nanger | ||
| Phalacrocorax nigrogularis | 17 | |
| Torgos tracheliotus | 3 | |
| also 17 unidentified birds | ||
| Delphinidae indet. | 1 | |
| Cheloniidae indet. | 3 | |
| Osteichthyes indet. | 1 | |
| "Pisces indet." | ||
| Decapoda indet. | 33 | |
| "crabs" | ||
| Carcharhinidae indet. | 2 | |
| also 4 unidentified Chondrichthyes | ||
| Serranidae indet. | 42 | |
| Carangoides chrysophrys | 22 | |
| also 42 Carangoides sp. | ||
| Caranx sp. | 5 | |
| Gnathanodon speciosus | 7 | |
| Scomberoides sp. | 1 | |
| Seriola dumerili | 90 | |
| Lethrinidae indet. | 1 | |
| Acanthopagrus sp. | 69 | |
| also 138 unidentified Sparidae | ||
| Argyrops spinifer | 9 | |
| Mugilidae indet. | 4 | |
| Sphyraenidae indet. | 1 | |
| Scaridae indet. | 214 | |
| Scombridae indet. | 13 | |
| Euthynnus sp. | 68 | |
| also 13 unidentified Thunninae | ||
| Thunnus sp. | 125 | |
| Scomberomorus sp. | 2 | |