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

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: 24° 55' 31" N, 35° 28' 21" E
Latlng 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"

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Environment
Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation, settlement

Archaeology: buildings

Habitat comments: "well-preserved remains of a stone gate... rebuilt into a large building"

Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, birds

Excluded forms: fishes

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 156 specimens

Years: 2010 - 2018

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

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

Metadata
Sample no: 4184

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2023-03-24 18:22:57

Modified: 2023-03-24 07:22:57

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
9 species
1 singleton
total count 156
geometric series index: 12.1
Fisher's α: 2.078
geometric series k: 0.6704
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7837
Shannon's H: 1.7228
Good's u: 0.9937
Register
Gallus gallus domesticus13
also 13 Aves indet.
Gerbillinae indet.1
Acomys cahirinus 3
Camelus dromedarius (dromedary)18448.0 kg
Equus africanus asinus (African wild ass)2
"Equus asinus"
Sus scrofa domesticus (pig)25
Bos taurus (cow)49
"Bos primigenius domestica"
Ovis aries (sheep)4
also 216 sheep or goat
Capra aegagrus hircus (wild goat)41
"Capra hircus"