Smakkerup Huse
Basic information
Sample name: Smakkerup Huse
Reference: T. D. Price, A. B. Gebauer, S. Ulfeldt Hede, C. Sedlacek Larsen, N. Noe-Nygaard, S. L. R. Mason, J. Nielsen, and D. Perry. 2001. Smakkerup Huse: a Mesolithic settlement in NW Zealand, Denmark. Journal of Field Archaeology 28(1/2):45-67 [ER 3939]
Geography
Country: Denmark
Coordinate: 55.7° N, 11.23° E
Latlng basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.0061
Min Ma: 0.005039
Age basis: radiocarbon (calibrated)
Geography comments: "at the headwaters of a former fjord... the Saltbaek Vig" and "at the mouth of the Bregninge stream" (coordinate estimated from northwest of Smakkerup at the head of Saltbaek Vig)
minimum elevation is 2.5 m
assigned to the middle and late Ertebolle phases of the Mesolithic
there are uncalibrated 14C dates of 5959 +/- 68 and 5319 +/- 65 B.P. from layer 7G, 5060 +/- 61 B.P. from the underlying layer 7, and 6060 +/- 60, 6100 +/- 60, and 5650 +/- 70 B.P. from layer 8
minimum elevation is 2.5 m
assigned to the middle and late Ertebolle phases of the Mesolithic
there are uncalibrated 14C dates of 5959 +/- 68 and 5319 +/- 65 B.P. from layer 7G, 5060 +/- 61 B.P. from the underlying layer 7, and 6060 +/- 60, 6100 +/- 60, and 5650 +/- 70 B.P. from layer 8
Environment
Lithology: sandstone
Taphonomic context: human accumulation, settlement
Archaeology: bone tools, ceramics, stone tools, other artifacts
Habitat comments: some of the "cultural material" was reworked into layer 4, but most of the cultural finds are from layer 7, a "grey sand with gravel", and layer 8, a "grey sand/gytja"
the fossils are also mostly from layer 7, with some material from layers 5, 7G, and 8
there are stone axes, blades, cores, and flakes, plus butchered bone, bone and antler tools, potsherd, "worked wood" including "pieces of dugout canoes", an "archery bow", and "vertical wooden stakes" but structures per se are not discussed
the fossils are also mostly from layer 7, with some material from layers 5, 7G, and 8
there are stone axes, blades, cores, and flakes, plus butchered bone, bone and antler tools, potsherd, "worked wood" including "pieces of dugout canoes", an "archery bow", and "vertical wooden stakes" but structures per se are not discussed
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, marine mammals, other small mammals, birds, frogs, fishes
Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash
Sample size: 5336 specimens
Years: 1989, 1995 - 1997
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "Sediments were water-screened through 4 mm sieves"
Metadata
Sample no: 4344
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-08-14 19:24:47
Modified: 2023-08-14 09:24:47
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
35 species
4 singletons
total count 5336
geometric series index: 49.3
Fisher's α: 5.022
geometric series k: 0.8034
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8228
Shannon's H: 2.0421
Good's u: 0.9993
Register
| Cervus elaphus (red deer) | 732 | |
| Capreolus capreolus (roe deer) | 664 | |
| Sus scrofa (pig) | 270 | |
| Bos taurus (cow) | 4 | |
| "Bos domesticus" | ||
| Canis lupus familiaris (gray wolf) | 39 | 43.0 kg |
| "Canis familiaris" | ||
| Vulpes vulpes (red fox) | 1 | |
| Felis silvestris (European wildcat) | 10 | 4.5 kg |
| Martes martes (European pine marten) | 4 | 1.5 kg |
| Lutra lutra (Eurasian otter) | 17 | 6.1 kg |
| Halichoerus grypus | 3 | |
| Pusa hispida | 2 | |
| "Phoca hispida" | ||
| Castor fiber | 4 | |
| Sciurus vulgaris | 1 | 311.0 g |
| Arvicola amphibius | 8 | |
| "Arvicola terrestris" | ||
| Myodes ? glareolus | 8 | |
| "Clethrinomys ? glareolus" | ||
| Erinaceus europaeus | 6 | |
| Bufo sp. | 1 | |
| Anas sp. | 1 | |
| Cygnus sp. | 3 | |
| Turdus merula | 2 | 9.7 g |
| Tetrao urogallus | 3 | 4.1 kg |
| Haliaeetus albicilla | 2 | 4.0 kg |
| Gadus morhua | 805 | |
| Merlangius merlangus | 2 | |
| Clupea harengus | 2 | |
| Platichthys sp. | 1708 | |
| Belone belone | 620 | |
| Scomber scombrus | 81 | |
| Myoxocephalus scorpius | 5 | |
| Squalus acanthius | 50 | |
| Anguilla anguilla | 157 | |
| Rutilus rutilus | 16 | |
| Abramis brama | 2 | |
| Lucioperca lucioperca | 2 | |
| Esox lucius | 101 | |