Bois-de-Riquet (Locus 1)
Basic information
Sample name: Bois-de-Riquet (Locus 1)
Reference: L. Bourguignon, J. Y. Crochet, R. Capdevila, J. Ivorra, P. O. Antoine, J. Agusti, D. Barsky, H. A. Blain, N. Boulbes, L. Bruxelles, J. Claude, D. Cochard, A. Filoux, C. Firmat, I. Lozano-Fernandez, P. Magniez, M. Pelletier, J. Rios-Garaizar, A. Testu, P. Valensi, and L. De Weyer. 2016. Bois-de-Riquet (Lezignan-la-Cebe, Herault): A late Early Pleistocene archeological occurrence in southern France. Quaternary International 393:24-40 [ER 3889]
Geography
Country: France
State: Occitania
County: Herault
Coordinate: 43.493275° N, 3.425486° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Early Pleistocene
Section: US2
Unit number: 2
Unit order: below to above
Max Ma: 1.3
Min Ma: 1.1
Age basis: other
Geography comments: Located in the Middle Herault Valley, in a recently abandoned basalt quarry near Lezignan-la-Cebe. Locus 1 is a dense basalt outcrop in the mid-sector of the Lezignan-la-Cebe quarry
"The bio-chronological analyses carried out on small and large mammal assemblages now concur for an age around 1.3-1.1 Ma for level US2 which encloses the fossils and the basalt artifacts"
"The bio-chronological analyses carried out on small and large mammal assemblages now concur for an age around 1.3-1.1 Ma for level US2 which encloses the fossils and the basalt artifacts"
Environment
Lithology: siliciclastic (mixed)
Taphonomic context: fissure fill,fluvial deposit
Habitat comments: US1 basalt flow (corresponding to the "apex of the colonnade of the 1.57 Ma eruptive event recorded in the quarry") encloses the fossiliferous US2. US2 is an "infill situated within the eroded breach separating the layered base and the entablature of the basalt flowstone"
"US2: Stratigraphical Unit 2 (50 cm thick) is a sedimentary accumulation with numerous angular basalt blocks throughout. This unit has been divided into three sub-units"
US2 C: Base of US2, beige-grey coloured sands with some red clays and small-med size basalt blocks. Abundant and well-preserved microfauna. Well-fossilized but fragmentary large herbivore and carnivore remains.
US2 B: Bone slurry, indiscriminate bone/tooth fragments, coprolites
US2 A: Clayey sandy sediment, red-orange colour containing med-large sized angular basalt blocks, well-fossilized bones, and small coprolites
"US2: Stratigraphical Unit 2 (50 cm thick) is a sedimentary accumulation with numerous angular basalt blocks throughout. This unit has been divided into three sub-units"
US2 C: Base of US2, beige-grey coloured sands with some red clays and small-med size basalt blocks. Abundant and well-preserved microfauna. Well-fossilized but fragmentary large herbivore and carnivore remains.
US2 B: Bone slurry, indiscriminate bone/tooth fragments, coprolites
US2 A: Clayey sandy sediment, red-orange colour containing med-large sized angular basalt blocks, well-fossilized bones, and small coprolites
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates,other small mammals
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 805 specimens
Years: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Sampling comments: Faunal analyses were based on 805 identified mammal specimens attributed to 62 individuals
A total of 12 taxa were identified
Unidentified specimens include
Carnivora 29
Equidae 93
Bovinae 4
Cervidae 17
Leporidae 646
A total of 12 taxa were identified
Unidentified specimens include
Carnivora 29
Equidae 93
Bovinae 4
Cervidae 17
Leporidae 646
Metadata
Sample number: 4269
Contributor: Jack Nesbitt
Enterer: Jack Nesbitt
Created: 2023-05-17 10:47:37
Modified: 2023-05-17 01:12:20
Abundance distribution
14 species
3 singletons
total count 805
geometric series index: 19.2
Fisher's α: 2.407
geometric series k: 0.6512
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7552
Shannon's H: 1.6973
Good's u: 0.9963
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Register
| †Panthera gombaszoegensis | 16 | |
| "Panthera onca gombaszoegensis" | ||
| †Pachycrocuta brevirostris | 31 | |
| †Canis mosbachensis | 26 | 43 kg carnivore |
| Vulpes sp. | 1 | |
| Meles sp. | 1 | |
| Elephantidae indet. | 5 | |
| †Stephanorhinus etruscus | 42 | |
| †Equus altidens | 131 | |
| †Equus cf. suessenbornensis | 4 | |
| Bison sp. | 8 | |
| Praemegaceros sp. | 260 | |
| Cervidae indet. | 1 | |
| "Dama-like cervid" | ||
| †Oryctolagus cf. giberti | 264 | |
| Lepus sp. | 15 | |