Fortress of Vilars (sector 7/1)
Basic information
Sample name: Fortress of Vilars (sector 7/1)

Reference: A. Nieto Espinet, J. B. López Melción, A. Gardeisen, and . Junyent. 2018. Votive well or refuse tip? Chronicle of an abandonment: taphonomic study of the faunal remains of an iron age well-cistern. Historical Biology 30(6):894-915 [ER 3836]
Geography
Country: Spain

State: Catalonia


Coordinate: 41° 34' 6" N, 0° 57' 15" E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Holocene

Max Ma: 0.00235

Min Ma: 0.00225

Age basis: other

Geography comments: coordinate based on the Wikipedia entry for Els Vilars
the cistern "was used from at the end of the fifth century until its abandonment in the last quarter of the fourth century BCE" (approximately 400 to 300 BCE)
basis of dating is entirely unclear

Environment
Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement

Archaeology: buildings,ceramics,hearths,metal tools,stone tools

Habitat comments: from "a large well-cistern (9 x 6 m by 9 m deep)" within a fortress
there are ceramics and "metal objects, construction material, lithic artefacts, malacofauna, organic matter, ashes and charcoal" in this sector
certainly a human accumulation

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates,other small mammals

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 562 specimens

Metadata
Sample number: 4189

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2023-03-28 16:00:06

Modified: 2023-03-28 05:03:42

Abundance distribution
9 species
2 singletons
total count 562
extrapolated richness: 12.0
Fisher's α: 1.522
geometric series k: 0.5119
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7295
Shannon's H: 1.5363
Good's u: 0.9964
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Ovis aries2841 kg
plus 140 sheep or goat
Capra aegagrus hircus2222 kg browser-grazer
"Capra hircus"
Sus scrofa domesticus3054 kg herbivore
"Sus domesticus"
Bos taurus178337 kg
Equus ferus caballus80422 kg
"horse"
Canis lupus familiaris1043 kg carnivore
"dog"
Canis lupus143 kg carnivore
"wolf"
Cervus elaphus212104 kg
"red deer"
Leporidae indet.1
"rabbit"