Ma'anshan Cave (lower layer)
Basic information
Sample name: Ma'anshan Cave (lower 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: 2
Unit order: above to below
Ma: 0.053
Age basis: U/Th
Geography comments: "2 km southeast of Tongzi County" (basis of coordinate)
there are two rejected 14 C dates and a U-series date of 53,000 BP with no reported error
there are two rejected 14 C dates and a U-series date of 53,000 BP with no reported error
Environment
Lithology: breccia
Taphonomic context: cave,human accumulation
Archaeology: stone tools
Habitat comments: the lower part of the sequence is strata 7 and 8: stratum 7 is "breccias plus coarse sands" and contains most of the fossils, and stratum 8 is "Yellow brownish clay"
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,ungulates
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 1293 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: 3549
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-21 19:35:05
Modified: 2023-04-29 02:15:36
Abundance distribution
11 species
2 singletons
total count 1293
geometric series index: 16.4
Fisher's α: 1.650
geometric series k: 0.5106
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5184
Shannon's H: 0.9857
Good's u: 0.9985
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| Macaca sp. | 6 | |
| †Stegodon orientalis | 18 | |
| Canis sp. | 1 | |
| Ursus sp. | 1 | |
| Ailuropoda sp. | 5 | |
| Muntiacus sp. | 2 | |
| Cervus unicolor | 325 | 100 kg browser-grazer |
| Bubalus sp. | 830 | |
| Sus sp. | 2 | |
| †Rhinoceros sinensis | 98 | |
| †Tapirus augustus | 5 | |
| "Megatapirus augustus" | ||