Vadnagar (Ghaskol Darwaza Area)
Basic information
Sample name: Vadnagar (Ghaskol Darwaza 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), -215 [ER 3374]
Geography
Country: India
State: Gujarat
Coordinate: 24° 47' N, 73° 39' E
Latlng 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, metal tools, 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 marks were also present on a number of skeletal elements uncovered
"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 marks were also present on a number of skeletal elements uncovered
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 45 specimens
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "Excavations at Vadnagar started in the year 2006" and "were carried out at seven different locations"
"An area measuring about 30 m x 25 m was excavated near the Ghaskol Darwaza" (this sample)
"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"
"An area measuring about 30 m x 25 m was excavated near the Ghaskol Darwaza" (this sample)
"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 no: 3743
Contributor no: Benjamin Carter
Enterer: Benjamin Carter
Created: 2021-05-27 13:49:36
Modified: 2023-02-25 11:19:30
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
9 species
4 singletons
total count 45
geometric series index: 22.6
Fisher's α: 3.383
geometric series k: 0.6687
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6379
Shannon's H: 1.4639
Good's u: 0.9131
Register
| Bos indicus (zebu) | 25 | |
| Bubalus bubalis (water buffalo) | 2 | 425.0 kg |
| also 19 Bovinae indet. "Bos/Bubalus" | ||
| Capra aegagrus hircus (wild goat) | 2 | |
| "Capra hircus" | ||
| Ovis aries (sheep) | 1 | |
| also 39 Caprinae indet. "Capra/Ovis" | ||
| Canis lupus familiaris (gray wolf) | 1 | 43.0 kg |
| "Canis familiaris" | ||
| Cervus unicolor (sambar deer) | 1 | |
| Antilope cervicapra (blackbuck) | 4 | 41.0 kg |
| Lepus nigricollis | 8 | |
| Hystrix indica | 1 | 13.0 kg |