Shuidonggou Locality 12
Basic information
Sample name: Shuidonggou Locality 12

Sample aka: SDG12

Reference: Y. Zhang, S.-Q. Zhang, X. Xu, D.-C. Liu, C.-X. Wang, S.-W. Pei, H.-M. Wang, and X. Gao. 2013. Zooarchaeological perspective on the Broad Spectrum Revolution in the Pleistocene-Holocene transitional period, with evidence from Shuidonggou Locality 12, China. Science China: Earth Sciences 56:1487-1492 [ER 3063]
Geography
Country: China

State: Ningxia



Coordinate: 38° 19' 40" N, 106° 29' 49" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Time interval: Late Pleistocene

Ma: 0.011

Geography comments: "dated to 11 ka BP... 28 km southeast of Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region"
source of date is not discussed

Environment
Substrate: ground surface

Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation

Habitat comments: lithology is not discussed

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates,other small mammals

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 1754 specimens

Years: 2007

Sampling comments: "Initially discovered in the summer of 2005, SDG12 was excavated in 2007 and a large number of stone artifacts, bone tools and fragmented animal bone were unearthed"
53 "bird" specimens, 1 "reptile" specimen, and 13 "other rodents" are mentioned

Metadata
Sample number: 3330

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Modifier no: John Alroy

Created: 2019-08-23 20:59:12

Modified: 2024-11-15 11:46:26

Abundance distribution
8 species
0 singletons
total count 1754
geometric series index: 8.9
Fisher's α: 1.082
geometric series k: 0.4090
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5823
Shannon's H: 1.1783
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Lepus sp.1045
Meles leucurus10310 kg invertivore-herbivore
"Meles meles"
Felis sp.2
"Felis microtus"
Cervidae indet.19
Procapra przewalskii404
"Gazella przewalskyi"
Sus sp.5
Equus ferus przewalskii52422 kg
"Equus przewalskyi"
Bubalus sp.124