Table 1.
Eggshell densities (number of eggshells per liter of sediment) and ubiquities (number of sediment samples with eggshells per site) by site and date
| Site | Number of screeneds amplesa |
Age of samples | Liters of sediment | Number of eggshell fragments | Ubiquity | Density |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bash Tepa | 30 | 400 BC– AD 100 | 764 | 460 | 0.7 (70%) | 0.602 |
| Paykend 1b (Citadel) | 10 | 5th century BC–5th century AD | 350.5 | 20 | 0.3 (30%) | 0.057 |
| LVD-HA-K7 (Burial Mound) | Handpicked | 1st century BC–1st century AD | ||||
| Panjakent (Kainar-citadel) | 9 | 5–7th centuries AD | 116.5 | 25 | 0.88 (88%) | 0.215 |
| Kafir Kala | Handpicked | 4–12th centuries AD | ||||
| Panjiakent (Main town) | 11 | 7–8th centuries AD | 264.5 | 56 | 0.64 (64%) | 0.211 |
| Ming Tepa | Handpicked | 7–8th centuries AD | ||||
| Sanjar-Shah | 5 | 8–9th centuries AD | 65.5 | 26 | 0.8 (80%) | 0.397 |
| Kuk-Tosh | 6 | 9–12th centuries AD | 79 | 2,847 | 0.83 (83%) | 36.038 |
| Bukhara | 26 | 9–12th centuries AD | 939.5 | 871 | 0.46 (46%) | 0.927 |
| Tashbulak | 22 | 10–12th centuries AD | 223.5 | 95 | 0.23 (23%) | 0.425 |
| Afrasiab | 1 | 10–12th centuries AD | 255 | 855 | 1 (100%) | 3.352 |
| Paykend 2 (Shakhristan) | 2 | 10–12th centuries AD | 55 | 101 | 0.5 (50%) | 1.836 |
| Paykend 3 – (Rabat4) | 20 | 10–12th centuries AD | 357.5 | 90 | 0.5 (50%) | 0.251 |
aPaykend 1 and 2 represent the Citadel and Shakhristan II areas excavated during 2019; while Paykend 3 represents the neighboring medieval caravansary (Rabat-4). Samples from Kafir Kala and LVD-HA-K7 were handpicked and therefore ubiquities and densities cannot be calculated.
bIn this case, a sample refers to a large sampling of sediments, in many cases close to 10 liters, from anthropogenic contexts.