Cueva Tùnel
Basic information
Sample name: Cueva Tùnel
Sample aka: La María Quebrada
Reference: R. Paunero, C. V. Davis, D. Rindel, and A. Tessone. 2017. La fauna pleistocénica: evidencias zooarqueológicos en la Meseta Central de Santa Cruz, los sitios de La María. Magallania 45(2):181-198 [ER 3387]
Geography
Country: Argentina
State: Santa Cruz
Coordinate: 48° 24' S, 68° 52' W
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.01051
Min Ma: 0.0104
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: coordinate estimated based on photo in Fig. 1
there are uncalibrated 14C dates on bone of 10420 +/- 180 ybp and 10510 +/- 100 ybp (unit 8) and 10400 +/- 59 ybp and 10408 +/- 100 ybp (underlying unit 10)
the dates are interpreted as falling in the Pleistocene/Holocene transition, but the two-sigma ranges of the calibrated dates are all less than 10516 ybp, so the interval is entirely early Holocene
there are uncalibrated 14C dates on bone of 10420 +/- 180 ybp and 10510 +/- 100 ybp (unit 8) and 10400 +/- 59 ybp and 10408 +/- 100 ybp (underlying unit 10)
the dates are interpreted as falling in the Pleistocene/Holocene transition, but the two-sigma ranges of the calibrated dates are all less than 10516 ybp, so the interval is entirely early Holocene
Environment
Lithology: sandstone
Taphonomic context: aeolian deposit,cave,human accumulation
Archaeology: hearths,stone tools
Habitat comments: a cave with two chambers
profile depth is 260 cm, with artifacts and fauna deriving from the top 120 cm
the reported fauna is from units 8, 9, and 10
all three units have an ochre silty-sandy lithology
there is dispersed carbon and undescribed lithic artifacts
accumulation is interpreted as being aeolian, spelic, and anthropogenic
profile depth is 260 cm, with artifacts and fauna deriving from the top 120 cm
the reported fauna is from units 8, 9, and 10
all three units have an ochre silty-sandy lithology
there is dispersed carbon and undescribed lithic artifacts
accumulation is interpreted as being aeolian, spelic, and anthropogenic
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates,other large mammals,birds
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 312 specimens
Years: 2003 - 2010
Sampling comments: site area is 60.6 m2, of which 17.245 m2 has been excavated
Metadata
Sample number: 3764
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2021-06-05 19:35:31
Modified: 2021-06-05 09:38:20
Abundance distribution
12 species
6 singletons
total count 312
geometric series index: 29.0
Fisher's α: 2.477
geometric series k: 0.6081
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.3983
Shannon's H: 0.9094
Good's u: 0.9808
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Register
| Lama guanicoe | 238 | 101 kg |
| plus 20 indeterminate Lama specimens | ||
| †Lama gracilis | 37 | |
| †Hemiauchenia paradoxa | 16 | |
| Panthera onca mesembrina | 1 | 65 kg carnivore |
| Puma concolor | 10 | 49 kg carnivore |
| †Megatherium cf. americanum | 1 | |
| Arctotherium sp. | 1 | |
| †Hippidion saldiasi | 2 | |
| Lycalopex griseus | 3 | 2.6 kg |
| plus 4 indeterminate Lycalopex specimens | ||
| Zaedyus pichiy | 1 | 1.1 kg |
| Chloephaga picta | 1 | 3.1 kg |
| Rhea pinnata | 1 | |
| plus 15 indeterminate Rhea specimens | ||