Table 1.
Numbers of identified remains (NIR) of mammals from four archaeological contexts associated with the Sacred Falcon Necropolis at Quesna
| Context | Site total (n) | Site total (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (4) | (5) | (SFG1) | (213) | |||
| Shrews | ||||||
| Crocidura floweri/whitakeri | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | 5 | 1% |
| < 2% | < 2% | 1% | ||||
| Crocidura fulvastra | – | – | – | 21 | 21 | 6% |
| 11% | ||||||
| Crocidura olivieri | 5 | 1 | 3 | 118 | 127 | 35% |
| 4% | < 2% | 30% | 64% | |||
| Crocidura religiosa | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 3% |
| < 2% | 4% | 70% | < 1% | |||
| Crocidura gueldenstaedtii | – | – | – | 42 | 42 | 11% |
| 23% | ||||||
| Total shrews | 9 | 4 | 10 | 184 | 207 | |
| Rodents | ||||||
| Arvicanthis niloticus | 23 | 4 | – | – | 27 | 7% |
| 19% | 7% | |||||
| Mus musculus | 78 | 43 | – | – | 121 | 33% |
| 66% | 80% | |||||
| Acomys cahirinus | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | < 1% |
| < 1% | ||||||
| Gerbillus | 8 | 3 | – | – | 11 | 3% |
| 7% | 6% | |||||
| Total rodents | 110 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 160 | |
| Total mammals | 119 | 54 | 10 | 184 | 367 | |