Doukanet el Khoutifa
Basic information
Sample name: Doukanet el Khoutifa

Reference: N. Aouadi, Y. Dridi, and W. B. Dhia. 2014. Holocene environment and subsistence patterns from Capsian and Neolithic sites in Tunisia. Quaternary International 320:3-14 [ER 3150]
Geography
Country: Tunisia


Coordinate: 35.89151° N, 9.442632° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map

Time interval: Holocene

Max Ma: 0.00797

Min Ma: 0.006638

Age basis: radiocarbon (calibrated)

Geography comments: "Two main levels are distinguished from bottom to top: a Yellow level (thickness 0.4 m) and a Dark one(thickness 1.6 m), both belonging to the Neolithic and dating between the 8th (6750 +/- 200 BP, 7266 - 7970 cal BP) and the first half of the 7th millennium cal BP (6000 +/- 100 BP, 6638 - 7158 cal BP) (Zoughlami, 2009)."

Environment
Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation,midden,settlement

Archaeology: hearths,stone tools

Habitat comments: "Two main levels are distinguished from bottom to top: a Yellow level (thickness 0.4 m) and a Dark one (thickness 1.6 m)"
this is a "rammadiyah... an enormous accumulation of ash, land snail shells, burned stones, lithic artifacts and faunal remains"

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,birds

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 330 specimens

Sampled by: Zoughlami

Years: 1973 - 1976

Sampling comments: "the site of Doukanet el Khoutifa in the Siliana region, is composed of a shelter with a vast terrace of 2200 m2and was excavated by Zoughlami between 1973 and 1976 in Sectors 1 and 2(Zoughlami, 2009)."

"Two main levels are distinguished from bottom to top: a Yellow level (thickness 0.4 m) and a Dark one(thickness 1.6 m), both belonging to the Neolithic and dating between the 8th (6750-200 BP, 7266-7970 cal BP) and the first half of the 7th millennium cal BP (6000100 BP, 6638e7158 cal BP) (Zoughlami, 2009)"

Metadata
Sample number: 3446

Contributor: Aniko Toth

Enterer: Aniko Toth

Created: 2019-09-01 22:00:02

Modified: 2019-09-09 03:10:27

Abundance distribution
22 species
5 singletons
total count 330
geometric series index: 36.1
Fisher's α: 5.306
geometric series k: 0.8035
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8463
Shannon's H: 2.2550
Good's u: 0.9849
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Bos primigenius43
Bos taurus26337 kg
Alcelaphus buselaphus33143 kg grazer-browser
Gazella dorcas812 kg
Eudorcas rufifrons130 kg
"Gazella rufifrons": plus 30 Gazella spp.
Kobus kob277 kg grazer
Redunca redunca244 kg grazer
Ammotragus lervia1980 kg
Capra aegagrus hircus5022 kg browser-grazer
"Capra hircus": plus 123 Caprinae indet.
Ovis aries9941 kg
Sus scrofa1054 kg herbivore
Equus spp.11
Panthera leo2147 kg carnivore
Canis aureus19.9 kg carnivore-frugivore
Felis spp.1
Vulpes vulpes15.3 kg carnivore-insectivore
Lepus spp.9
Oryctolagus cuniculus32.5 kg browser-grazer
Atelerix algirus1
Rodentia indet.3
Hystrix cristata312 kg
Bird indet.2