Vadnagar (Khari Kui (Primary School-3) Area)
Basic information
Sample name: Vadnagar (Khari Kui (Primary School-3) Area)
Reference: P. Goyal, P. P. Joglekar, and Y. S. Rawat. 2017. Animal remains from the formative stage of the settlement at Vadnagar, Mehsana District, Gujarat. In Rethinking the Past: A Tribute to Professor VN Misra (eds. S. G. Deo, A. Baptista, J. Joglekar), pp. 202-215 [ER 3374]
Geography
Country: India
State: Gujarat
Coordinate: 23° 47' N, 72° 39' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.00245
Min Ma: 0.00225
Age basis: other
Geography comments: "The site of Vadnagar is located in the Mehsana district of Gujarat"
"The paper is based on the faunal material recovered from the formative phase of the settlement (pre 3rd century BC)"
This particular area of the site dates to the "5th/4th century BC to 3rd century BC" (500-300 BC)
"The paper is based on the faunal material recovered from the formative phase of the settlement (pre 3rd century BC)"
This particular area of the site dates to the "5th/4th century BC to 3rd century BC" (500-300 BC)
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement
Archaeology: bone tools,ceramics,other artifacts
Habitat comments: "The paper is based on the faunal material recovered from the formative phase of the settlement (pre 3rd century BC)"
"Archaeological remains from this area indicate that regular human occupation in this part of the town began before 3rd century BC"
"Among the antiquities recovered from this period include punch marked coins, a small copper ring, bone points, glass beads, and terracotta objects"
"A fragmentary crucible with a vitrified surface containing speckles of iron" was also revealed
Cut and gnaw marks were also present on a number of skeletal elements
Many elements from this area were highly fragmented, and some were charred
"It seems that animals were butchered here and supplied to other parts of the site"
"Archaeological remains from this area indicate that regular human occupation in this part of the town began before 3rd century BC"
"Among the antiquities recovered from this period include punch marked coins, a small copper ring, bone points, glass beads, and terracotta objects"
"A fragmentary crucible with a vitrified surface containing speckles of iron" was also revealed
Cut and gnaw marks were also present on a number of skeletal elements
Many elements from this area were highly fragmented, and some were charred
"It seems that animals were butchered here and supplied to other parts of the site"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,birds,turtles,clams,snails
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 191 specimens
Sampling comments: "Excavations at Vadnagar started in the year 2006" and "were carried out at seven different locations"
"A total of six trenches (each measuring 10 m x 10 m) were excavated" in "a large open area located in the south-central part of the town" (this sample)
Skeletal remains "examined from Khari Kui (Primary School-3) Area belong to two phases", with the first phase reported here
"All skeletal fragments were carefully collected. After removing adhering soil at the site itself, the bones were packed, labelled, and housed at a storage facility at Vadnagar"
The faunal analysis "was done at Vadnagar during a visit in 2012-13"
"A total of six trenches (each measuring 10 m x 10 m) were excavated" in "a large open area located in the south-central part of the town" (this sample)
Skeletal remains "examined from Khari Kui (Primary School-3) Area belong to two phases", with the first phase reported here
"All skeletal fragments were carefully collected. After removing adhering soil at the site itself, the bones were packed, labelled, and housed at a storage facility at Vadnagar"
The faunal analysis "was done at Vadnagar during a visit in 2012-13"
Metadata
Sample number: 3744
Contributor: Benjamin Carter
Enterer: Benjamin Carter
Created: 2021-05-27 14:40:24
Modified: 2021-05-27 04:40:24
Abundance distribution
16 species
5 singletons
total count 191
geometric series index: 31.8
Fisher's α: 4.157
geometric series k: 0.7473
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7026
Shannon's H: 1.6276
Good's u: 0.9740
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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