Ma'anshan Cave (upper layer)
Basic information
Sample name: Ma'anshan Cave (upper layer)
Reference: Y. Zhang, M. C. Stiner, R. Dennell, C. Wang, S. Zhang, and X. Gao. 2010. Zooarchaeological perspectives on the Chinese Early and Late Paleolithic from the Ma'anshan site (Guizhou, China). Journal of Archaeological Science 37:2066-2077 [ER 3225]
Geography
Country: China
State: Guizhou
Coordinate: 28° 8' N, 106° 50' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Section: 3225
Unit number: 1
Unit order: above to below
Max Ma: 0.031155
Min Ma: 0.019295
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "2 km southeast of Tongzi County" (basis of coordinate)
there are four 14C dates and U-series date on layers 3-6, ranging from 31,155 +/- 140 BP to 19,295 +/- 65 BP; there is an additional, imprecise date of 15,100 +/- 1500 that the authors appear to discount (presumed to be uncalibrated because errors are symmetrically distributed)
there are four 14C dates and U-series date on layers 3-6, ranging from 31,155 +/- 140 BP to 19,295 +/- 65 BP; there is an additional, imprecise date of 15,100 +/- 1500 that the authors appear to discount (presumed to be uncalibrated because errors are symmetrically distributed)
Environment
Lithology: claystone
Taphonomic context: cave,human accumulation
Archaeology: stone tools
Habitat comments: the upper part of the sequence is strata 1-6, consisting of "Argillaceous clay with scattered breccias", but only fossils from strata 3-6 are reported
there are many "stone artifacts" but no ceramics
there are numerous cut marks and "hominins were the primary agents of bone collection and modification at the site"
there are many "stone artifacts" but no ceramics
there are numerous cut marks and "hominins were the primary agents of bone collection and modification at the site"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,primates,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,birds
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 2889 specimens
Sampled by: S. Zhang, F. Long
Years: 1986, 1990
Sampling comments: "Sieving was not performed during the excavations, but much effort was made to collect all of the lithic and faunal fragments from the excavated sediments... the excavators used another method called patting collection"
Metadata
Sample number: 3548
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-21 19:22:44
Modified: 2023-04-29 02:15:38
Abundance distribution
24 species
6 singletons
total count 2889
geometric series index: 37.4
Fisher's α: 3.586
geometric series k: 0.7184
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4930
Shannon's H: 1.1679
Good's u: 0.9979
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| Macaca sp. | 23 | |
| Stegodon orientalis | 9 | |
| Viverra sp. | 1 | |
| Meles sp. | 2 | |
| Felis sp. | 1 | |
| "Felis microtus" also called "wild cat" | ||
| Canis sp. | 5 | |
| Ursus sp. | 92 | |
| Ailuropoda sp. | 14 | |
| Muntiacus sp. | 41 | |
| Cervus unicolor | 2010 | 100 kg grazer-browser |
| Capricornis sp. | 5 | |
| Bubalus sp. | 325 | |
| Sus sp. | 5 | |
| Rhinoceros sinensis | 49 | |
| Tapirus augustus | 14 | |
| "Megatapirus augustus" | ||
| Rhizomys sp. | 265 | |
| Anourosorex squamipes | 3 | |
| Hystrix brachyura subcristata | 15 | |
| "Hystrix subcristata" | ||
| Petaurista sulcatus | 1 | |
| Trogopterus xanthipes | 1 | |
| Anser sp. | 2 | |
| Crossoptilon mantchuricum | 4 | |
| Phasianus colchicus | 1 | 1.3 kg granivore |
| Sturnus sp. | 1 | |