Noviodunum (TPF sector, Getic period)
Basic information
Sample name: Noviodunum (TPF sector, Getic period)

Reference: S. Stanc, A.-D. Stanica, L. Bejenaru, and M. Danu. 2021. Archaeological animal remains from Noviodunum fortress. International Journal of Conservation Science 12(1):195-204 [ER 3952]
Geography
Country: Romania


County: Tulcea


Coordinate: 45° 16' 12" N, 28° 39' 30" E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Holocene

Max Ma: 0.00235

Min Ma: 0.00215

Age basis: other

Geography comments: "about 3 km east of the actual town of Isaccea... from the TPF sector of Noviodunum" (coordinate based on Noviodunum)
"two archaeological complexes have been attributed to the Getic period (4th-3rd centuries BC), of which a pit contained faunal remains"

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Environment
Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement

Archaeology: buildings

Habitat comments: there are many "Culturally derived fractured bones" and also "burn marks" and traces left by the teeth of other animals (dog most often"), so the "remains have a cultural origin"

Methods
Life forms: ungulates,birds,fishes

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 23 specimens

Years: 2014

Sampling comments: "The faunal remains were hand-collected and not sieved"

Metadata
Sample number: 4358

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2023-08-25 15:22:46

Modified: 2023-08-25 05:39:36

Abundance distribution
7 species
3 singletons
total count 23
geometric series index: 16.4
Fisher's α: 3.427
geometric series k: 0.6813
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7292
Shannon's H: 1.6067
Good's u: 0.8696
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