Chivacabé
Basic information
Sample name: Chivacabé

Reference: J. I. Mead, A. Baez, S. L. Swift, J. Lohse, and L. Paiz. 2012. Late Pleistocene mammals from Chivacabé, Huehuetenango, Guatemala. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 29(2):319-329 [ER 3124]
Geography
Country: Guatemala


Coordinate: 15° 18' 46" N, 91° 32' 50" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Time interval: Late Pleistocene

Max Ma: 0.01302

Min Ma: 0.01116

Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)

Geography comments: "on the farm of Octavio Villatoro (Aldea de Chivacabé) approximately 6 km west of the town of Huehuetenango"
there are uncalibrated radiocarbon dates on "bulk soil humates" of 13,020 +/- 60 and 11,160 +/- 60 ybp that bracket the fossiliferous unit

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Environment
Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit

Habitat comments: "in a deep alluvial terrace... the faunal deposit (presented here) is not associated with cultural artifacts" and the fossiliferous unit is "a layer of reworked tephra" that was "washed down hillsides" following "a volcanic event"

Methods
Life forms: ungulates,other large mammals

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 82 specimens

Years: 2009

Metadata
Sample number: 3412

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-08-30 23:33:31

Modified: 2019-08-30 13:37:11

Abundance distribution
4 species
0 singletons
total count 82
extrapolated richness: 4.8
Fisher's α: 0.880
geometric series k: 0.3443
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5565
Shannon's H: 1.0037
Good's u: 1.0000
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Register
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