Table 1.
MP faunal assemblages from Ghar-e Boof.
| AH | IVc | IVd | V | Va | Vb | Vc | Vd | VI | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxon | NISP | % | NISP | % | NISP | % | NISP | % | NISP | % | NISP | % | NISP | % | NISP | % | NISP | % |
| Ungulates | ||||||||||||||||||
| Subtotal ungulates | 56 | 69.1 | 13 | 76.5 | 71 | 69.6 | 168 | 69.7 | 98 | 68.1 | 83 | 71.6 | 28 | 68.3 | 193 | 97.0 | 710 | 75.5 |
| Carnivores | ||||||||||||||||||
| Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Large carnivore | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Leopard (Panthera cf. pardus) | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.9 | 4 | 3.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.5 |
| Subtotal carnivores | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.9 | 4 | 3.9 | 2 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.7 |
| Reptiles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tortoise (Testudo sp.) | 8 | 9.9 | 2 | 11.8 | 23 | 22.6 | 57 | 23.7 | 34 | 23.6 | 27 | 23.3 | 10 | 24.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 161 | 17.1 |
| Birds | ||||||||||||||||||
| Medium birds | 11 | 13.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2.9 | 12 | 5.0 | 9 | 6.3 | 6 | 5.2 | 3 | 7.3 | 5 | 2.5 | 49 | 5.2 |
| Partridge (Alectoris cf. chukar) | 5 | 6.2 | 1 | 5.9 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.4 | 3 | 2.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 12 | 1.3 |
| Large birds | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Subtotal birds | 17 | 21.0 | 1 | 5.9 | 4 | 3.9 | 14 | 5.8 | 12 | 8.3 | 6 | 5.2 | 3 | 7.3 | 6 | 3.0 | 63 | 6.7 |
| Total | 81 | 100.0 | 17 | 100.0 | 102 | 100.0 | 241 | 100.0 | 144 | 100.0 | 116 | 100.0 | 41 | 100.0 | 199 | 100.0 | 941 | 100.0 |
Number of identified specimens (NISP) and relative proportions (%) by AH for each taxon or body size group. The category “ungulates” includes all body size groups, from small to very large ungulates, which are represented by gazelle, wild sheep, wild goat, red deer, wild pig, equid, and wild cattle (for more details, see Table S2).