Table 2.
Minimum numbers of individuals (MNI) of mammals calculated for 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 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 2% |
| < 2% | 4% | 1% | ||||
| Crocidura fulvastra | – | – | – | 9 | 9 | 5% |
| 11% | ||||||
| Crocidura olivieri | 3 | 1 | 2 | 56 | 62 | 36% |
| 5% | 4% | 33% | 69% | |||
| Crocidura religiosa | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4% |
| < 2% | 4% | 67% | 1% | |||
| Crocidura gueldenstaedtii | – | – | – | 14 | 14 | 8% |
| 17% | ||||||
| Total shrews | 5 | 3 | 6 | 81 | 95 | |
| Rodents | ||||||
| Arvicanthis niloticus | 9 | 2 | – | – | 11 | 6% |
| 15% | 8% | – | ||||
| Mus musculus | 42 | 18 | – | – | 60 | 35% |
| 70% | 69% | – | ||||
| Acomys cahirinus | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | < 1% |
| < 2% | – | |||||
| Gerbillus | 3 | 3 | – | – | 6 | 3% |
| 5% | 12% | – | ||||
| Total rodents | 55 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 78 | |
| Total mammals | 60 | 26 | 6 | 81 | 173 | |
| Number of species | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |