Vale do Mouro (Stage 3)
Basic information
Sample name: Vale do Mouro (Stage 3)
Reference: T. Argant. 2022. An archaeological insight into Douro valley during late antiquity. The faunal remains of villa Vale do Mouro in Coriscada (Mêda). Estudos & Memórias 19:149-165 [ER 3948]
Geography
Country: Portugal
Coordinate: 40° 51' N, 7° 11' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.00165
Min Ma: 0.001625
Age basis: other
Geography comments: "3.5 km south-east from the village of Coriscada" (coordinate based on Vale do Mouro)
dated to "the beginning of the 4th century" (assumed to be about 300 to 325 AD)
dated to "the beginning of the 4th century" (assumed to be about 300 to 325 AD)
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement
Archaeology: buildings,ceramics,hearths,metal tools,stone tools
Habitat comments: a large Roman villa covering "a surface of 3 ha"
"tableware in terra cota" and "glass ware" present
a "central hearth" is present and one space includes "raw mineral and raw iron fragments and several grindstones"
there are cutmarks on the deer and rabbit bones
"tableware in terra cota" and "glass ware" present
a "central hearth" is present and one space includes "raw mineral and raw iron fragments and several grindstones"
there are cutmarks on the deer and rabbit bones
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates,other small mammals,birds,lizards
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 574 specimens
Years: 2003 - 2009
Sampling comments: screening or sieving is not mentioned
Metadata
Sample number: 4355
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-08-23 17:49:11
Modified: 2023-08-23 07:53:56
Abundance distribution
17 species
3 singletons
total count 574
geometric series index: 24.3
Fisher's α: 3.290
geometric series k: 0.7190
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7688
Shannon's H: 1.7925
Good's u: 0.9948
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| Bos taurus | 160 | 337 kg |
| plus one Bos or Cervus | ||
| Sus scrofa domesticus | 97 | 54 kg herbivore |
| "Sus domesticus": plus 2 Sus | ||
| Capra aegagrus hircus | 6 | 22 kg browser-grazer |
| "Capra hircus": plus 212 Caprinae | ||
| Ovis aries | 6 | 41 kg |
| Canis lupus familiaris | 11 | 43 kg carnivore |
| "Canis familiaris": pus 1 Canidae | ||
| Equidae indet. | 11 | |
| Lynx pardinus | 4 | 11 kg |
| Meles meles | 1 | 10 kg invertivore-herbivore |
| Sus scrofa | 1 | 54 kg herbivore |
| wild | ||
| Cervus elaphus | 43 | 142 kg browser-grazer |
| Capreolus capreolus | 2 | 22 kg browser |
| plus 5 Cervidae | ||
| Lepus sp. | 3 | |
| Oryctolagus cuniculus | 196 | 2.5 kg browser-grazer |
| plus 1 "micromammal" | ||
| Gallus gallus | 13 | 29.1 g frugivore-granivore |
| Alectoris sp. | 16 | |
| plus 2 Gallinaceae, probably meaning Gallini | ||
| Corvidae indet. | 3 | |
| Timon lepidus | 1 | |