Qasr-e Ahmad
Basic information
Sample name: Qasr-e Ahmad
Reference: K. Safoora, M. Marjan, M. F. Azadeh, F. Homa, and A. K. Hossein. 2018. Zooarchaeology of the Pre-Pottery and Neolithic site of Qasr-e Ahmad (Iran). In Archaeozoology of the Near East (eds. C. Çakırlar, J. Chahoud, R. Berthon, S. Pilaar Birch), 12:27-40 [ER 3946]
Geography
Country: Iran
Coordinate: 29.18° N, 52.69° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Holocene
Ma: 0.0079
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "along the Qara Aqhaj River near the village of Kavar in Fars province... The site covers an area of ca. 6.5 ha"
"early Neolithic" with a combination of Pottery Neolithic period and Pre-Pottery Neolithic period artefacts
there is a single date of 7900 BP on sheep bone (no error stated)
"early Neolithic" with a combination of Pottery Neolithic period and Pre-Pottery Neolithic period artefacts
there is a single date of 7900 BP on sheep bone (no error stated)
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement
Archaeology: ceramics
Habitat comments: "potteries" were recovered
burnt bones and cut marks are present, and "Carnivore damage is common in both PPN and PN assemblages as well as rodent gnawing marks. All observations indicate that the bones were exposed before being buried" but the accumulation agent is primarily interpreted as human
burnt bones and cut marks are present, and "Carnivore damage is common in both PPN and PN assemblages as well as rodent gnawing marks. All observations indicate that the bones were exposed before being buried" but the accumulation agent is primarily interpreted as human
Methods
Life forms: rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,birds,turtles,snails
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 423 specimens
Years: 2011
Sampling comments: "Three trenches were excavated... no sieving was performed"
Tatera indica specimens are interpreted as intrusive and excluded from the register
Tatera indica specimens are interpreted as intrusive and excluded from the register
Metadata
Sample number: 4352
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-08-23 15:32:11
Modified: 2023-08-23 05:34:45
Abundance distribution
11 species
0 singletons
total count 423
geometric series index: 12.8
Fisher's α: 2.065
geometric series k: 0.6075
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5074
Shannon's H: 1.2469
Good's u: 1.0000
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Register
| Bos cf. primigenius | 17 | |
| "aurochs" | ||
| Capra aegagrus hircus | 292 | 22 kg browser-grazer |
| Capra cf. aegagrus | 28 | 22 kg browser-grazer |
| "wild goat" | ||
| Ovis cf. aries | 31 | 41 kg |
| plus 1369 Caprinae | ||
| Gazella subgutturosa | 4 | 17 kg grazer |
| Sus scrofa | 7 | 54 kg herbivore |
| "wild boar" | ||
| Lepus capensis | 2 | |
| Rodentia indet. | 11 | |
| Alectoris chukar | 4 | 541 g omnivore |
| Testudo graeca | 19 | |
| Gastropoda indet. | 8 | |
| "freshwater mollusks" including an unspecified number of Conus shells | ||