Riparo Biarzo (SU 5)
Basic information
Sample name: Riparo Biarzo (SU 5)

Reference: M. Bertolini, E. Cristiani, M. Modolo, P. Visentini, and M. Romandini. 2016. Late Epigravettian and Mesolithic foragers of the eastern Alpine region: Animal exploitation and ornamental strategies at Riparo Biarzo (Northern Italy). Quaternary International 423:73-91 [ER 3141]
Geography
Country: Italy


Coordinate: 46° 8' N, 13° 29' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Late Pleistocene

Section: 3141

Unit number: 3

Unit order: above to below

Ma: 0.0111

Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)

Geography comments: "on the hydrographic left bank of the Natisone river... a little upstream of the village of Biarzo" (coordinate based on San Pietro al Natisone, which is less than 2 km south of the site)
"The Late Epigravettian occupation (SU 5) is the best characterized in the whole stratigraphy of the site. The SU 5 yielded a date of 11,100 ± 125 uncal BP (R1850 - 13,177-12,723 cal BP at 95.4% probability - OxCal v4 1.7) made on charcoal"

Environment
Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation

Archaeology: bone tools,stone tools

Habitat comments: there is a large "lithic industry" here including "scraper burins, truncations, borers and backed blades" and "animal material processing (e.g., hunting, hide treatment, bone working) represented the main activity carried out at the site"

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 688 specimens

Years: 1982 - 1984

Metadata
Sample number: 3432

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-09-01 16:02:22

Modified: 2023-04-29 01:21:01

Abundance distribution
12 species
2 singletons
total count 688
geometric series index: 16.4
Fisher's α: 2.065
geometric series k: 0.5896
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6418
Shannon's H: 1.3474
Good's u: 0.9971
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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