Canale delle Acque Alte (Layer A)
Basic information
Sample name: Canale delle Acque Alte (Layer A)
Sample aka: Canale Mussolini
Reference: S. Farina. 2011. Late Pleistocene-Holocene mammals from Canale delle Acque Alte (Canale Mussolini) (Agro Pontino, Latium). Bollettino della Societá Paleontologica Italiana 50(1):11-22 [ER 3770]
Geography
Country: Italy
State: Latina
Coordinate: 41° 33' 17" N, 12° 53' 2" E
Time interval: Holocene
Section: 3770
Unit number: 1
Unit order: above to below
Geography comments: The mammal assemblage of “Canale delle Acque Alte” is a Late Pleistocene-Holocene fauna which was collected from an uninterrupted stratigraphical sequence in the Acque Alte Channel, in the Latina Province of the Lazio region, Italy.
"The temperate features of the mammals from the topmost layer A, in addition to their state of conservation and kind of fossilization, points to an attribution to a Holocene age".
"The temperate features of the mammals from the topmost layer A, in addition to their state of conservation and kind of fossilization, points to an attribution to a Holocene age".
Environment
Lithology: sandstone
Archaeology: ceramics,stone tools
Habitat comments: Eleven layers have been identified from the channel sequence. Layer A consists of "red sands with a Late Paleolithic industry; Bronze Age flints and pottery occur in the very upper portion and Roman pottery appears on the surface".
Methods
Life forms: ungulates
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 20 specimens
Sampled by: A. C. Blanc
Years: 1935
Sampling comments: "The Acque Alte Channel was excavated in 1935. The paleontological collection is now housed at the Natural History Museum of the University of Pisa. All specimens were categorized, level by level, using standard taphonomic parameters, which were used to calculate the relative frequency of the taxa".
"Blanc (1935; 1957) affirm that part of the fossils were recovered in situ, while others were found in the channel. Specifically, 159 bear a tag stating a generic provenance from “Canale Mussolini”, while other tags report the layer of find. Features in common with the specimens collected in situ (e.g., state of conservation, kind of fossilization, colour and concretions) allowed for tentative stratigraphical repositioning of the untagged specimens".
"Blanc (1935; 1957) affirm that part of the fossils were recovered in situ, while others were found in the channel. Specifically, 159 bear a tag stating a generic provenance from “Canale Mussolini”, while other tags report the layer of find. Features in common with the specimens collected in situ (e.g., state of conservation, kind of fossilization, colour and concretions) allowed for tentative stratigraphical repositioning of the untagged specimens".
Metadata
Sample number: 4047
Contributor: Benjamin Carter
Enterer: Benjamin Carter
Created: 2023-02-13 14:38:44
Modified: 2023-05-30 03:25:35
Abundance distribution
5 species
3 singletons
total count 20
geometric series index: 14.3
Fisher's α: 2.140
geometric series k: 0.5491
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5789
Shannon's H: 1.1394
Good's u: 0.8500
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