Boomplaas Cave (Member LPC)
Basic information
Sample name: Boomplaas Cave (Member LPC)
Reference: J. T. Faith. 2013. Taphonomic and paleoecological change in the large mammal sequence from Boomplaas Cave, western Cape, South Africa. Journal of Human Evolution 65(6):715-730 [ER 3779]
Geography
Country: South Africa
State: Western Cape
Coordinate: 33° 22' 14" S, 22° 9' 31" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Section: 3779
Unit number: 7
Unit order: above to below
Max Ma: 0.02122
Min Ma: 0.02111
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "Boomplaas Cave is located in the Cango Valley in the foothills of the Swartberg mountain range, north of Oudtshoorn, Eden District Municipality in the Western Cape Province, South Africa".
The LPC member of the deposit has been radiocarbon dated to between 21,220 ± 195 BP and 21,110 ± 180 BP (25,998-24,616 cal. BP).
The LPC member of the deposit has been radiocarbon dated to between 21,220 ± 195 BP and 21,110 ± 180 BP (25,998-24,616 cal. BP).
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: carnivore accumulation,cave,human accumulation
Archaeology: stone tools
Habitat comments: "Boomplaas Cave contains a stratified sequence of Middle Stone Age (MSA) and Late Stone Age (LSA) deposits spanning the last 65,000 years. People were the primary accumulators of the faunal remains in the LSA assemblages younger than ∼18,000 years ago (CL to BLD). In the LSA and MSA deposits dating from 18,000 to 50,000 years ago (BOL to GWA), a combination of humans, carnivores, and raptors accumulated the faunal remains, while the lowermost units were accumulated by carnivores and raptors".
Methods
Life forms: primates,rodents,ungulates,other large mammals,other small mammals
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 51 specimens
Sampled by: H. J. Deacon
Years: 1974 - 1979
Sampling comments: "Excavations were conducted by H.J. Deacon from 1974 to 1979. In 2009 and 2010, taphonomic and taxonomic data were collected on thousands of previously unsorted specimens, in addition to those previously examined. All MSA and LSA units were examined with the exception of the uppermost pastoralist levels (member DGL)".
Metadata
Sample number: 4088
Contributor: Benjamin Carter
Enterer: Benjamin Carter
Created: 2023-02-23 13:18:44
Modified: 2023-05-30 04:56:52
Abundance distribution
13 species
4 singletons
total count 51
geometric series index: 26.3
Fisher's α: 5.633
geometric series k: 0.8076
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8561
Shannon's H: 2.2119
Good's u: 0.9239
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| Lepus capensis | 1 | |
| Bunolagus monticularis | 1 | |
| also 1 Leporidae indet. | ||
| Papio ursinus | 4 | 20 kg |
| Procavia capensis | 13 | 2.8 kg browser |
| †Equus capensis | 1 | |
| Equus sp. | 10 | |
| zebra/quagga | ||
| Taurotragus oryx | 2 | 393 kg browser-grazer |
| Connochaetes cf. gnou | 5 | grazer |
| also 13 Alcelaphinae indet. | ||
| Caprinae indet. | 4 | |
| an unknown extinct species | ||
| Pelea capreolus | 5 | 16 kg grazer |
| Antidorcas cf. marsupialis | 1 | 40 kg browser-grazer |
| Oreotragus oreotragus | 2 | browser-grazer |
| Raphicerus sp. | 2 | |