Garicin Grad (southeast corner tower, first phase)
Basic information
Sample name: Garicin Grad (southeast corner tower, first phase)

Reference: H. Baron, A. E. Reuter, and N. Markovic. 2019. Rethinking ruralization in terms of resilience: Subsistence strategies in sixth-century Caricin Grad in the light of plant and animal bone finds. Quaternary International 499:112-128 [ER 3827]
Geography
Country: Serbia


Coordinate: 42° 54' 23" N, 21° 42' 56" E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Holocene

Section: 3827

Unit number: 1

Unit order: below to above

Max Ma: 0.001423

Min Ma: 0.001385

Age basis: other

Geography comments: "from the southeastern corner tower of the lower town"
exact coordinate listed by UNESCO
from during "the reign of Emperor Justinian I. (AD 527-565)"

Environment
Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement

Archaeology: buildings

Habitat comments: numerous "agricultural tools" were found elsewhere in the fortification, but it is not clear whether any were found in this exact site

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates,other small mammals,birds,fishes

Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash

Sample size: 638 specimens

Years: 2002 - 2008

Sampling comments: excavation with "intensive dry sieving (6 mm, 3 mm, 1 mm mesh sizes)"

Metadata
Sample number: 4174

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2023-03-16 09:10:54

Modified: 2023-05-30 06:17:28

Abundance distribution
16 species
1 singleton
total count 638
geometric series index: 20.2
Fisher's α: 2.979
geometric series k: 0.6973
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7972
Shannon's H: 1.9258
Good's u: 0.9984
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Bos taurus131337 kg
"Bos primigenius taurus"
Ovis aries7441 kg
"Ovis ammon aries"
Capra aegagrus hircus2822 kg browser-grazer
"Capra aegagrus" (certainly domestic): also 260 indeterminate Ovis or Capra
Sus scrofa domesticus22354 kg herbivore
"Sus scrofa domestica"
Equus ferus caballus9422 kg
Equus africanus asinus4287 kg
plus one mule or hinny and 32 indeterminate Equus
Camelus sp.10
Canis lupus familiaris543 kg carnivore
Felis catus2
"Felis silvestris catus"
Gallus gallus domesticus8729.1 g frugivore-granivore
"Gallus gallus domestica"
Cervus elaphus28104 kg
Sus scrofa2554 kg herbivore
apparently wild
Lepus europaeus13.4 kg herbivore
Anas sp.6
Cyprinus carpio3
Silurus glanis2