Ayn Qasiyya (Area A)
Basic information
Sample name: Ayn Qasiyya (Area A)
Reference: T. Richter, L. Maher, J. Stock, S. Allcock, M. Jones, L. Martin, and B. Thorne. 2009. New light on final Pleistocene settlement diversity in the Azraq Basin (Jordan): Recent excavations at 'Ayn Qasiyya. Paléorient 35(2):49-68 [ER 3100]
Geography
Country: Jordan
Coordinate: 31° 50' N, 36° 49' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Max Ma: 0.01969
Min Ma: 0.017495
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: at the edge of the town of Azraq es-Shishan (coordinate based on Azraq Wetland Reserve)
there are three uncalibrated dates on this unit: 17,555 +/- 75 ybp; 17,495 +/- 70 ybp; and 19,690 +/- 150 ybp
there are three uncalibrated dates on this unit: 17,555 +/- 75 ybp; 17,495 +/- 70 ybp; and 19,690 +/- 150 ybp
Environment
Lithology: mudstone
Taphonomic context: human accumulation
Archaeology: stone tools
Habitat comments: most or all of the material is from Unit IIIa, "a dark, richly organic marsh deposit with large numbers of archaeological artefacts, particularly flint and bone" (assumed to be a mudstone)
the assemblage is interpreted as mostly accumulated by hunters
the assemblage is interpreted as mostly accumulated by hunters
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 544 specimens
Years: 2005 - 2008
Sampling comments: "intensive dry- and wet-sieving" was carried out on the excavated sediments
"bird, reptile and amphibian remains are yet to be identified"
"bird, reptile and amphibian remains are yet to be identified"
Metadata
Sample number: 3383
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-08-28 19:30:10
Modified: 2023-02-24 12:11:23
Abundance distribution
10 species
1 singleton
total count 544
geometric series index: 12.3
Fisher's α: 1.740
geometric series k: 0.5248
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5978
Shannon's H: 1.3689
Good's u: 0.9982
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Register
| Bos primigenius | 34 | |
| Equus sp. | 37 | |
| Sus scrofa | 8 | 54 kg herbivore |
| Gazella sp. | 331 | |
| Canis sp. | 13 | |
| Vulpes sp. | 14 | |
| Lepus sp. | 31 | |
| Hystrix sp. | 2 | |
| Arvicola sp. | 73 | |
| Meriones sp. | 1 |