Chandankhera (Period IV: Vakataka)
Basic information
Sample name: Chandankhera (Period IV: Vakataka)
Reference: A. Deshpande-Mukherjee, K. P. Koch, P. Meshram, A. Bhoyar, A. Thakur, and V. Sontakke. 2014. A study of the animal remains from the early historic settlement of Chandankhera, District Chandrapur, Maharashtra. Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute 74:63-72 [ER 3376]
Geography
Country: India
State: Maharashtra
Coordinate: 20° 16' N, 79° 12' E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Time interval: Holocene
Section: 3376
Unit number: 2
Unit order: below to above
Max Ma: 0.0017
Min Ma: 0.00145
Age basis: other
Geography comments: "Chandankhera is situated 22 km northeast of Bhadrawati Tehsil in Chandrapur district and around 150 km southeast of Nagpur in Maharashtra"
"A part of the site is occupied while the rest of the area is very disturbed due to soil removal"
"A five-fold cultural sequence was recovered"
Period IV belongs to the Vakataka cultural period. This period spans c. 250 CE – c. 500 CE
"A part of the site is occupied while the rest of the area is very disturbed due to soil removal"
"A five-fold cultural sequence was recovered"
Period IV belongs to the Vakataka cultural period. This period spans c. 250 CE – c. 500 CE
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation, settlement
Archaeology: bone tools, buildings, ceramics, other artifacts, other structures
Habitat comments: "Mica Washed Red Ware, red polished sprinkler are the main ceramics of the Vakataka period levels"
"A gold coin of Nal king Shri Varah Raj was an important finding from this deposit"
"Bone splinters modified into bone tools were also recorded"
"Some bones display cut marks and charring"
"A gold coin of Nal king Shri Varah Raj was an important finding from this deposit"
"Bone splinters modified into bone tools were also recorded"
"Some bones display cut marks and charring"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals, birds, turtles, clams, snails
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 60 specimens
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "A 12 m area of habitation deposit having a thickness of 7 m was selected for excavation in 2009"
"The faunal remains were recovered from three trenches A, B and C"
"The faunal remains were recovered from three trenches A, B and C"
Metadata
Sample no: 3749
Contributor no: Benjamin Carter
Enterer: Benjamin Carter
Created: 2021-05-29 12:24:09
Modified: 2023-04-29 03:20:41
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
16 species
7 singletons
total count 60
geometric series index: 39.1
Fisher's α: 7.139
geometric series k: 0.8473
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8751
Shannon's H: 2.3484
Good's u: 0.885
Register
| Bos indicus (zebu) | 9 | |
| Bubalus bubalis (water buffalo) | 12 | 425.0 kg |
| also 37 Bovinae indet. "Bos/Bubalus" | ||
| Capra aegagrus hircus (wild goat) | 1 | |
| "Capra hircus" also 9 Caprinae indet. | ||
| Equus ferus caballus (wild horse) | 1 | |
| "Equus caballus" | ||
| Bos gaurus (gaur) | 1 | 481.0 kg |
| Boselaphus tragocamelus (nilgai) | 1 | 263.0 kg |
| Axis axis (chital) | 1 | 40.0 kg |
| Antilope cervicapra (blackbuck) | 5 | 41.0 kg |
| Canis aureus (golden jackal) | 2 | 9.9 kg |
| also 5 Carnivora indet. | ||
| Lepus nigricollis | 1 | |
| Rattus rattus | 2 | 121.0 g |
| Bandicota indica | 8 | |
| Gallus gallus domesticus | 1 | |
| "Gallus domesticus" also 4 Aves indet. | ||
| Testudines indet. | 3 | |
| Lamellidens sp. | 10 | |
| Nerita chameleon | 2 | |