Dhar Tichitt Site 38
Basic information
Sample name: Dhar Tichitt Site 38
Reference: A. Holl. 1985. Subsistence patterns of the Dhar Tichitt Neolithic, Mauritania. African Archaeological Review 3:151-162 [ER 3417]
Geography
Country: Mauritania
Coordinate: 18° 22' N, 9° 13' W
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.00385
Min Ma: 0.00243
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: there are eight uncalibrated 14C dates ranging from 3850 +/- 250 to 2430 +/- 80 bp at Site 38, plus one thermolumiscence date of 3400 bp with no error
there is one uncalibrated 14C date of 3830 +/- 120 bp at Site 46
there is one uncalibrated 14C date of 3830 +/- 120 bp at Site 46
Environment
Lithology: sandstone
Taphonomic context: human accumulation
Archaeology: buildings
Habitat comments: Site 38 is "on the edge of the escarpment of the sandstone cliff" and Site 46 is "in the sandy interdunal depressions"
200 "dry-stone structures" in an area of 600 x 200 m are present at Site 38 but there are none at Site 46
Site 46 "yielded bones as well as stone and ceramic artifacts" but these are not discussed with respect to Site 38
200 "dry-stone structures" in an area of 600 x 200 m are present at Site 38 but there are none at Site 46
Site 46 "yielded bones as well as stone and ceramic artifacts" but these are not discussed with respect to Site 38
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 169 specimens
Years: 1980, 1981
Sampling comments: bones were "recovered from excavations in site 38" and "systematically collected from site 46" at the surface
Metadata
Sample number: 3801
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2021-06-11 12:34:34
Modified: 2022-01-20 01:04:22
Abundance distribution
15 species
4 singletons
total count 169
geometric series index: 27.1
Fisher's α: 3.976
geometric series k: 0.7306
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7115
Shannon's H: 1.7266
Good's u: 0.9765
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Register
| Bos sp. | 35 | |
| Caprinae indet. | 12 | |
| Ovis or Capra | ||
| Hippotragus equinus | 2 | 246 kg grazer |
| Kobus sp. | 2 | |
| Tragelaphus sp. | 3 | |
| Taurotragus derbianus | 5 | |
| Equus africanus asinus | 1 | 287 kg |
| "Equus asinus" | ||
| Nanger dama | 3 | |
| "Gazella dama" | ||
| Oryx dammah | 11 | |
| "Oryx algazel" | ||
| Panthera sp. | 1 | |
| Addax nasomaculatus | 9 | |
| Antilopini indet. | 81 | |
| "Gazella sp.": dorcas and rufifrons | ||
| Genetta genetta | 1 | 1.7 kg insectivore-frugivore |
| Cricetomys sp. | 1 | |
| Mellivora capensis | 2 | 7.7 kg carnivore-invertivore |