陕北靖边五庄果墚动物遗存及古环境分析

五庄果墚遗址位于陕西省靖边县黄蒿界乡小界村西北,距离靖边县城约30公里.遗址面积约30万平方米以上,现为省级文物保护单位.

The Faunal Remains of the Wuzhangguoliang Site and Its Palaeoenvirment Analysis

In 2001, aplenty of faunal remains were unearthed from the Wuzhuangguoliang site at Jingbian county, northem Shaanxi Province. All these faunal remains were collected scientifically according to the archaeological units and were carefully classified, measured and identified. The results of sorting and analysis of these remains indicate there are at least 16 species including the fish, pheasant, crane, soft - shelled turtle, hedgehog, brown domestic rat, jerboa, mole rat, rabbit, cat, jackal, dog, yellow weasel, horse, domestic pig, Mongolian gazelle, etc. Almost all these faunal remains belong to the Late Yangshao Times. The identifications of these faunal remains suggest the environment of the site was deteriorated with desertification, and the climate was better than the present, associated with large square grasslands and some forest. The MNI of domestic pigs and dogs account for 34% of the total animal remains, the MNI of wild rabbit account for 49 % of that.