Gruta de Figueira Brava (Area C)
Basic information
Sample name: Gruta de Figueira Brava (Area C)
Reference: M. Nabais, C. Dupont, and J. Zilhäo. 2023. The exploitation of crabs by Late Interglacial Iberian Neanderthals: The evidence from Gruta de Figueira Brava (Portugal). Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology 2:1097815 [ER 3977]
Geography
Country: Portugal
Coordinate: 38° 28' 14" N, 8° 59' 10" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Max Ma: 0.106
Min Ma: 0.086
Age basis: other
Geography comments: "on the southern slope of the Serra da Arrâbida"
dated at "ca. 86-106 ka" based on some combination of "U-series an OSL dating"
dated at "ca. 86-106 ka" based on some combination of "U-series an OSL dating"
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: cave
Archaeology: stone tools
Habitat comments: an "archaeological deposit" is present in Area C and "charcoal, bone, shells and stone stools" are present in Area F, so resumably the "deposit" includes stone tools
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates,marine mammals,other small mammals,birds,turtles
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 577 specimens
Sampling comments: "excavated in the 1980s"
Metadata
Sample number: 4390
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-12-03 21:19:40
Modified: 2023-12-03 10:19:40
Abundance distribution
20 species
3 singletons
total count 577
geometric series index: 27.4
Fisher's α: 4.022
geometric series k: 0.7787
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8632
Shannon's H: 2.2405
Good's u: 0.9948
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Register
| †Mammuthus primigenius | 10 | |
| †Stephanorhinus hemitoechus | 14 | |
| †Bos primigenius | 75 | |
| Equus ferus | 28 | 422 kg |
| "Equus caballus" | ||
| Cervus elaphus | 116 | 104 kg |
| Capra pyrenaica | 101 | |
| Sus scrofa | 7 | 54 kg herbivore |
| Oryctolagus cuniculus | 100 | 2.5 kg browser-grazer |
| minimum estimate | ||
| Ursus arctos | 3 | 156 kg frugivore-carnivore |
| †Panthera spelaea | 1 | |
| "Panthera leo spalea" | ||
| Panthera pardus | 7 | 33 kg carnivore |
| †Crocuta spelaea | 25 | |
| "Crocuta crocuta spelaea" | ||
| Canis lupus lupus | 1 | 43 kg carnivore |
| Felis silvestris | 2 | 4.5 kg carnivore |
| "Felis sylvestris" | ||
| Vulpes vulpes | 8 | 5.3 kg carnivore-insectivore |
| Pusa hispida | 1 | |
| Delphinus delphis | 6 | |
| Emys orbicularis | 2 | |
| Testudo hermanni | 5 | |
| minimum estimate | ||
| Aves indet. | 65 | |
| "Terrestrial and aquatic" birds clearly representing multiple taxa | ||