Hof van Leugenhaeghe
Basic information
Sample name: Hof van Leugenhaeghe
Sample aka: Steendorp
Reference: K. L. M. Aluwé, B. M. Starkovich, and J. Van Vaerenbergh. 2018. A noble diet at the Hof van Leugenhaeghe (Steendorp, Belgium): pig skulls as a fourteenth-fifteenth century delicacy?. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 10:247-257 [ER 3823]
Geography
Country: Belgium
Coordinate: 51° 8' N, 4° 16' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.00065
Min Ma: 0.000355
Age basis: other
Geography comments: a noble estate in modern Steendorp (basis of coordinate)
apparently based on historical records, the site dates from the fourteenth century and was destroyed in 1595
apparently based on historical records, the site dates from the fourteenth century and was destroyed in 1595
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement
Archaeology: buildings,ceramics,other structures
Habitat comments: apparently a single building surrounded by a ditch that "was filled with animal remains and pottery sherd"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates,other small mammals,birds,clams
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 345 specimens
Years: 1998 - 2004
Sampling comments: "Excavators hand-collected zooarchaeological remains and sediments were not screened"
Metadata
Sample number: 4169
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-03-15 19:26:29
Modified: 2023-03-15 08:26:29
Abundance distribution
11 species
2 singletons
total count 345
geometric series index: 18.2
Fisher's α: 2.167
geometric series k: 0.6012
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6047
Shannon's H: 1.1685
Good's u: 0.9943
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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| Canis lupus familiaris | 4 | 43 kg carnivore |
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| Lepus europaeus | 1 | 3.4 kg herbivore |
| Oryctolagus cuniculus | 3 | 2.5 kg browser-grazer |
| Gallus gallus domesticus | 2 | 29.1 g frugivore-granivore |
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| Ardea cinerea | 1 | 1.4 kg carnivore |
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