Guandimiao
Basic information
Sample name: Guandimiao

Reference: Y. Hou, R. Campbell, Z. Li, Y. Zhang, S. Li, and Y. He. 2018. The Guandimiao bone assemblage (and what it says about the Shang economy). Asian Perspectives 572:281-310 [ER 3795]
Geography
Country: China

State: Henan


Coordinate: 34° 46' 19" N, 113° 25' 28" E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Holocene

Max Ma: 0.00125

Min Ma: 0.0011

Age basis: other

Geography comments: coordinate based on Yulong, which includes the site
"ca. 1250–1100 b.c.e." based on assignment to the "Anyang phase I-III"

Environment
Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation

Archaeology: bone tools,buildings,ceramics

Habitat comments: from "a nearly intact Anyang period village" with many houses, kilns, and bone tools

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates,other small mammals

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 4291 specimens

Years: 2006 - 2008

Sampling comments: from "excavations"

Metadata
Sample number: 4128

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2023-02-25 14:37:20

Modified: 2023-02-25 03:39:30

Abundance distribution
7 species
0 singletons
total count 4291
extrapolated richness: 7.8
Fisher's α: 0.817
geometric series k: 0.3272
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6940
Shannon's H: 1.2825
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Bos taurus1629337 kg
"cattle"
Sus scrofa128154 kg herbivore
"pig"
Canis lupus familiaris114443 kg carnivore
"dog"
Caprinae indet.159
"sheep" and "goat"
Cervidae indet.71
"deer"
Leporidae indet.5
"rabbit"
Equus ferus caballus2422 kg
"horse"