Torihama
Basic information
Sample name: Torihama
Reference: J. Uchiyama. 2002. The environmental troublemaker's burden? Jomon perspectives on foraging land use change. In Beyond Affluent-foragers: Rethinking Hunter-gatherer Complexity (eds. C. Grier, J. Kim, J. Uchiyama), pp. 136-167 [ER 3815]
Geography
Country: Japan
Coordinate: 35.560° N, 135.896° E
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.006
Min Ma: 0.005
Age basis: other
Geography comments: shown on a map as near the coast of Wakasa Bay northwest of Lake Biwa
coordinate based on Wikipedia entry for Torihama shell mound
the shellmidden is "middle of the Early Jomon" and 6000 to 5000 BP based on pottery
coordinate based on Wikipedia entry for Torihama shell mound
the shellmidden is "middle of the Early Jomon" and 6000 to 5000 BP based on pottery
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,midden
Archaeology: ceramics
Habitat comments: definitely a human hunting accumulation, and from a single stratum including pottery
there are "rare" dog gnawing marks
there are "rare" dog gnawing marks
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,primates,ungulates,birds,fishes
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 887 specimens
Years: 1984
Sampling comments: the site area was 45 square meters
"excavated" and "water sieving" was used
identified botanical remains are also present
"excavated" and "water sieving" was used
identified botanical remains are also present
Metadata
Sample number: 4160
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-03-12 21:39:46
Modified: 2023-03-12 10:39:46
Abundance distribution
16 species
7 singletons
total count 887
geometric series index: 34.3
Fisher's α: 2.772
geometric series k: 0.6513
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4545
Shannon's H: 0.9110
Good's u: 0.9921
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| Cervus nippon | 621 | 103 kg |
| Sus scrofa | 206 | 54 kg herbivore |
| Thunnus thynnus | 21 | |
| Ursus thibetanus | 7 | 63 kg browser-frugivore |
| Canis lupus familiaris | 10 | 43 kg carnivore |
| "Canis familiaris" | ||
| Capricornis crispus | 5 | |
| Accipitridae indet. | 5 | |
| Macaca fuscata | 3 | 9.4 kg browser |
| Anas crecca | 2 | 7.3 g |
| "teal" assigned to Anas | ||
| Nyctereutes procyonoides | 1 | 4.2 kg invertivore-frugivore |
| Ardeidae indet. | 1 | |
| Anas platyrhynchos. | 1 | |
| "mallard" not assigned to species level | ||
| Phasianus sp. | 1 | |
| Cygnus sp. | 1 | |
| Semicossyphus reticulatus | 1 | |
| Lateolabrax japonicus | 1 | |