Fuente Nueva 3 (layer 3)
Basic information
Sample name: Fuente Nueva 3 (layer 3)
Sample aka: FN3
Reference: J. Yravedra, J. A. Solano, L. A. Courtenay, J. Saarinen, G. Linares-Matâs, C. Luzón, A. Serrano-Ramos, D. Herranz-Rodrigo, J. M. Câmara, A. Ruiz, S. Titton, J. J. RodrÃguez-Alba, C. Mielgo, H.-A. Blain, J. AgustÃ, C. Sânchez-Bandera, E. Montilla, I. Toro-Moyano, M. Fortelius, O. Oms, D. Barsky, and J. Jiménez-Arenas. 2021. Use of meat resources in the Early Pleistocene assemblages from Fuente Nueva 3 (Orce, Granada, Spain). Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 13(213):1-23 [ER 3860]
Geography
Country: Spain
Coordinate: 37.72° N, -2.41° W
Basis of coordinate: estimated from map
Time interval: Early Pleistocene
Ma: 1.2
Age basis: zone
Geography comments: "7 km west of the town of Orce" (see Fig. 1)
age estimated at 1.2 Ma based on the occurrence of Allophaiomys aff. lavocati (not included in the data table), although paleomagnetic data and U series/ESR dates have been published elsewhere
age estimated at 1.2 Ma based on the occurrence of Allophaiomys aff. lavocati (not included in the data table), although paleomagnetic data and U series/ESR dates have been published elsewhere
Environment
Lithology: claystone
Taphonomic context: lake deposit, carnivore accumulation, human accumulation
Archaeology: stone tools
Habitat comments: "near the margins" of an ancient lake
lithologies at the six levels are unfossiliferous whitish limestones (1), green clays (2), brown whitish clays (3), unfossiliferous whitish nodulous limestones (4), clays (fossiliferous level within 5), and dark brown clays (6)
Oldowan lithic artefacts are described elsewhere
there are numerous "tooth-marked bones" in levels 2, 3, and 5 but "Hominins also contributed to the accumulation and modification of the faunal assemblage", and there are cut marks and percussion marks
lithologies at the six levels are unfossiliferous whitish limestones (1), green clays (2), brown whitish clays (3), unfossiliferous whitish nodulous limestones (4), clays (fossiliferous level within 5), and dark brown clays (6)
Oldowan lithic artefacts are described elsewhere
there are numerous "tooth-marked bones" in levels 2, 3, and 5 but "Hominins also contributed to the accumulation and modification of the faunal assemblage", and there are cut marks and percussion marks
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, ungulates
Sampling methods: quarry
Years: 2017 - 2020
Metadata
Sample: 4231
Modifier: John Alroy
Modified: 2024-11-03 02:18:20
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| Mammuthus meridionalis | 1 | |
| Equus sp. | 1 | |
| Bovidae indet. | 1 | |
| Metacervoceros rhenanus | 1 | |
| "Metacervocerus rhenanus": also one indeterminate cervid | ||
| Praemegaceros cf. verticornis | 1 | |
| Carnivora indet. | 1 | |
| "size 2" | ||