Contextual Analysis of the Use of Space at Two Near Eastern Bronze Age Sites

Part5: Final report on the vertebrate remains from the Tell Brak bulk-sieve samples

Contents

1 Introduction
2 Methodology

2.1 Methods of data recovery
2.2 Methods of data recording
2.3 Methods of analysis

2.3.1 Univariate methods
2.3.2 Multivariate statistics (Correspondence analysis CA)

4.1 Bone density

4.1.1 Mean bone densities - by deposit class
4.1.2 Mean bone densities - by horizontal context
4.1.3 Mean bone densities - by vertical context

4.2 Preservation indices

4.2.1 Comparison of "preservation" for Tell Brak samples
4.2.2 Mean frequency of bone "preservation"
4.2.3 Comparison of "angularity" for the Tell Brak samples
4.2.4 Mean frequency of bone "angularity" - by deposit class
4.2.5 Mean frequency of bone "angularity" - by horizontal context
4.2.6 Mean frequency of bone "angularity" classes - by vertical context

4.3 Fragmentation indices

4.3.1 Bone fragmentation ("Medium Mammal") - by deposit class
4.3.2 Bone fragmentation ("Medium Mammal") - by horizontal and vertical context

4.4 Comparison of burnt bone densities for the Tell Brak samples

4.4.1 Mean frequency of burnt bone - by deposit class
4.4.2 Mean frequency of burnt bone - by horizontal context
4.4.3 Mean frequency of burnt bone - by vertical context

4.5 Comparison of the taxonomic composition of the Tell Brak samples

4.5.1 Mean taxa frequencies - by deposit class
4.5.2 Mean taxa frequencies - by horizontal context
4.5.3 Mean taxa frequencies - by vertical context

4.6 Correspondence analysis

4.6.1 Correspondence analysis using bone "angularity" - by deposit class
4.6.2 Correspondence analysis using bone "angularity" - by horizontal context
4.6.3 Correspondence analysis using mean taxa frequencies - by vertical and horizontal context

5 Discussion
6 Conclusions
References

List of Tables

1	Phase by deposit class
2	Phase by horizontal class

List of Figures

1	Bone density by deposit class
2	Bone density by horizontal class
3	Bone density by phase
4	Unidentified: preservation by deposit class (no/litre)
5	Unidentified: preservation by deposit class (%)
6	Unidentified: angularity by deposit class (no/litre)
7	Unidentified: angularity by deposit class (%)
8	Medium mammal: angularity by deposit class (no/litre)
9	Medium mammal: angularity by deposit class (%)
10	Unidentified: angularity by horizontal class (no/litre)
11	Unidentified: angularity by horizontal class (%)
12	Medium mammal: angularity by horizontal class (no/litre)
13	Medium mammal: angularity by horizontal class (%)
14	Unidentified: angularity by phase (no/litre)
15	Unidentified: angularity by phase (%)
16	Medium mammal: angularity by phase (no/litre)
17	Medium mammal: angularity by phase (%)
18	Unidentified: fragmentation by deposit class (no/litre)
19	Unidentified: fragmentation by deposit class (%)
20	Medium mammal: fragmentation by deposit class (no/litre)
21	Medium mammal: fragmentation by deposit class (%)
22	Burnt and unburnt unidentified fragments: by deposit class (no/litre)
23	Burnt and unburnt unidentified fragments: by deposit class (%)
24	Burnt and unburnt unidentified fragments: by horizontal class (no/litre)
25	Burnt and unburnt unidentified fragments: by horizontal class (%)
26	Burnt and unburnt unidentified fragments: by phase (no/litre)
27	Burnt and unburnt unidentified fragments: by phase (%)
28	Taxa by deposit class (medium mammal and unidentified only) (no/litre)
29	Taxa by deposit class (medium mammal and unidentified only) (%)
30	Taxa by deposit class (excluding medium mammal and unidentified) (no/litre)
31	Taxa by deposit class (excluding medium mammal and unidentified) (%)
32	Taxa by deposit class (medium mammal and unidentified only) (no/litre)
33	Taxa by deposit class (medium mammal and unidentified only) (%)
34	Taxa by horizontal class (excluding medium mammal and unidentified) (no/litre)
35	Taxa by horizontal class (excluding medium mammal and unidentified) (%)
36	Taxa by phase (medium mammal and unidentified only) (no/litre)
37	Taxa by phase (medium mammal and unidentified only) (%)
38	Taxa by phase (excluding unidentified and medium mammal) (no/litre)
39	Taxa by phase (excluding unidentified and medium mammal) (%)