La Fragua Cave (Level 4)
Basic information
Sample name: La Fragua Cave (Level 4)
Reference: A. B. Marín-Arroyo and M. R. Gonzalez Morales. 2007. La Fragua Cave, a seasonal hunting camp in the lower Asón Valley (Cantabria, Spain) at the Pleistocene-Holocene transition. Anthropozoologica 42(1):61-84 [ER 3788]
Geography
Country: Spain
State: Cantabria
Coordinate: 43° 26' 29" N, 3° 27' 27" W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Section: 3788
Unit number: 4
Unit order: above to below
Ma: 0.01296
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "La Fragua Cave is located at 125 m above sea level on the southeastern slope of Mount Buciero, in Santoña (basis of coordinate), eastern Cantabria, Spain".
Level 4 of the deposit has been radiocarbon dated to 12,960 ± 50 BP.
Level 4 of the deposit has been radiocarbon dated to 12,960 ± 50 BP.
Environment
Lithology: claystone
Taphonomic context: cave,human accumulation
Archaeology: stone tools
Habitat comments: "There are four main stratigraphic levels within the cave: Level 4 consists of dark brown sediments with limestone fragments. A small number of lithic artefacts have been found in the deposit. The characteristics of the lithic assemblage show that the site was used for the production of bladelets to make projectile and composed elements, maintenance of bladelet cores, repair of hunting tools, and treatment of animal carcasses".
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 224 specimens
Years: 1990 - 1996
Sampling comments: "The excavation of the cave was conducted under the direction of M.R. Gonzâlez Morales and Diaz Casado between 1990-1996. Only 6 of the 16 m2 of the site has been excavated, mostly in the central part, which is the most inhabitable and spacious area of the cave. Some bones were recovered through sieving using a 2 mm mesh".
Metadata
Sample number: 4118
Contributor: Benjamin Carter
Enterer: Benjamin Carter
Created: 2023-02-24 16:18:41
Modified: 2023-08-13 07:08:35
Abundance distribution
7 species
1 singleton
total count 224
geometric series index: 9.1
Fisher's α: 1.372
geometric series k: 0.4541
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6095
Shannon's H: 1.1787
Good's u: 0.9955
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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