Charnel House Cave (MIS 3)
Basic information
Sample name: Charnel House Cave (MIS 3)
Reference: P. Roberts, E. Delson, P. Miracle, P. Ditchfield, R. G. Roberts, Z. Jacobs, J. Blinkhorn, R. L. Ciochon, J. G. Fleagle, S. R. Frost, C. C. Gilbert, G. F. Gunnell, T. Harrison, R. Korisettar, and M. D. Petraglia. 2014. Continuity of mammalian fauna over the last 200 000 y in the Indian subcontinent. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 111(16):5848-5853 [ER 3741]
Geography
Country: India
State: Andhra Pradesh
Coordinate: 15° 26' N, 78° 11' E
Basis of coordinate: stated in text
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Section: 3741
Unit number: 1
Unit order: above to below
Max Ma: 0.058
Min Ma: 0.056
Age basis: OSL
Geography comments: \"Charnel House Cave is a major chamber of the Billasurgam cave complex, located approximately 5 km from the town of Betamcherla, and 1 km southeast of the village of Kinda Kanama Kottala in Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh\".\nThe MIS 3 layers of Charnel House were dated by optically stimulated luminescence to between 58 ± 3 ka and 56 ± 3 ka.
Environment
Lithology: siliciclastic (mixed)
Taphonomic context: cave
Habitat comments: \"The cave complex consists of an interconnected series of large karst chambers within Paleozoic carbonate host rock. The sedimentary sequence within the cave complex is dominated by silt-grade siliciclastic deposits. These deposits are punctuated by occasional layers of coarse breccia related to minor periodic roof collapse\".\n\"The majority of the sedimentary input to the cave complex has been via surface runoff into a well-developed network of sinkholes. There is no evidence of significant fluvial input or reworking of the sediments. No artefacts, evidence of hearths, or cultural accumulations of objects was encountered in the most recent excavations of the site\".
Methods
Life forms: rodents, ungulates, other small mammals
Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash
Years: 2003 - 2008
Sampling comments: \"Faunal samples were excavated and collected by hand whenever possible. Approximately 15 m3 was excavated in Charnel House. Samples were grouped on the basis of sediments excavated by a combination of natural layers and 10-cm spits within these layers. All sediments were dry sieved using 1- or 0.5-mm mesh to retrieve smaller elements\".
Metadata
Sample: 3976
Modified: 2023-05-01 01:14:46
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