Capalbiaccio (Building J, Level III)
Basic information
Sample name: Capalbiaccio (Building J, Level III)
Reference: D. C. Crader. 2003. Animal remains from late medieval Capalbiaccio: a preliminary assessment of the stock economy. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 44(1):159-170 [ER 3950]
Geography
Country: Italy
Coordinate: 42° 26' N, 11° 14' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Unit number: 3
Unit order: above to below
Max Ma: 0.0007
Min Ma: 0.0005
Age basis: other
Geography comments: "in southern Tuscany... just southeast of the modern town of Orbetello and the ancient Roman colony of Cosa" (coordinate based on Orbetello)
dated from the "late thirteenth to the early fifteenth centuries" (= approximately 700 to 500 BP) based on "pottery and coins"
ages of the individual levels are not discussed
dated from the "late thirteenth to the early fifteenth centuries" (= approximately 700 to 500 BP) based on "pottery and coins"
ages of the individual levels are not discussed
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement
Archaeology: buildings,ceramics,metal tools
Habitat comments: "a fortified medieval hilltop town"
the buidling is "a 10 x 6 m structure"
"pottery and coins" apparently spanning most or all levels were found
the buidling is "a 10 x 6 m structure"
"pottery and coins" apparently spanning most or all levels were found
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,birds,turtles,fishes
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 131 specimens
Years: 1976, 1978, 1980
Sampling comments: "excavated"
Metadata
Sample number: 4356
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-08-24 17:48:09
Modified: 2023-08-24 07:48:09
Abundance distribution
14 species
4 singletons
total count 131
geometric series index: 26.4
Fisher's α: 3.970
geometric series k: 0.7368
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7364
Shannon's H: 1.7477
Good's u: 0.9698
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| Ovis aries | 2 | 41 kg |
| Capra aegagrus hircus | 1 | 22 kg browser-grazer |
| "Capra hircus": also 22 Caprinae | ||
| Sus scrofa domesticus | 53 | 54 kg herbivore |
| "Sus scrofa": certainly domesticated | ||
| Bos taurus | 11 | 337 kg |
| Equus ferus caballus | 3 | 422 kg |
| "Equus caballus" | ||
| Dama dama | 7 | 62 kg |
| "Cervus dama" | ||
| Cervus elaphus | 2 | 142 kg browser-grazer |
| Capreolus capreolus | 2 | 22 kg browser |
| Felis sp. | 1 | |
| either wild or domestic cat: plus 11 "medium-sized carnivore" | ||
| Carnivora indet. | 1 | |
| small, presumably not Felis | ||
| Rodentia indet. | 1 | |
| Gallus gallus | 4 | 29.1 g frugivore-granivore |
| plus 3 "Bird indet." | ||
| Testudo sp. | 38 | |
| compared to | ||
| Osteichthyes indet. | 5 | |
| "fish" | ||