KCH-20
Basic information
Sample name: KCH-20
Sample aka: Iroco
Reference: J. M. Capriles, J. Albarracin-Jordan, D. W. Bird, S. T. Goldstein, G. M. Jarpa, S. C. Maldonado, and C. M. Santoro. 2018. Mobility, subsistence, and technological strategies of early Holocene hunter-gatherers in the Bolivian Altiplano. Quaternary International 473(B):190-205 [ER 3413]
Geography
Country: Bolivia
Coordinate: -18.06° S, -67.04° W
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.008273
Min Ma: 0.008105
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: shown in Fig. at the eastern edge of Lake Uru-Uru, "125 km southeast of Viscachani"
there are uncalibrated 14C dates of 8273 +/- 82 and 8105 +/- 92 ybp, respectively on Lama guanicoe and Cavia tschudii
the material is from Unit 6
there are uncalibrated 14C dates of 8273 +/- 82 and 8105 +/- 92 ybp, respectively on Lama guanicoe and Cavia tschudii
the material is from Unit 6
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,midden
Archaeology: stone tools
Habitat comments: a "trash pit"
"Approximately, 81% of the surface assemblage is lithic debitage, with the remaining 19% identified as stone tools and a few cores"
"Approximately, 81% of the surface assemblage is lithic debitage, with the remaining 19% identified as stone tools and a few cores"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,birds
Sampling methods: quarry,surface
Sample size: 225 specimens
Years: 2005
Sampling comments: "Surface collections and excavations were carried out in 2005... All cultural materials from 100 plots (25 m2 each) were collected and six test pits were excavated"
Metadata
Sample number: 3798
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2021-06-10 20:58:07
Modified: 2021-06-10 11:00:28
Abundance distribution
7 species
1 singleton
total count 225
geometric series index: 9.6
Fisher's α: 1.371
geometric series k: 0.4597
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6178
Shannon's H: 1.1792
Good's u: 0.9956
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Register
| Lama guanicoe | 106 | 101 kg |
| Cervidae indet. | 6 | |
| "most probably" Hippocamelus antisensis | ||
| Canidae indet. | 1 | |
| Lycalopex culpaeus or a domestic dog | ||
| Cavia sp. | 88 | |
| probably C. tschudii | ||
| Anatidae indet. | 10 | |
| Rallidae indet. | 12 | |
| Recurvirostra andina | 2 | 361 g |