Barranc de la Boella (La Mina 2)
Basic information
Sample name: Barranc de la Boella (La Mina 2)
Sample aka: BB (LM2)
Reference: A. Pineda, P. Saladie, R. Huguet, I. Caceres, A. Rosas, A. Estalrrich, A. Garcia-Tabernero, and J. Vallverdu. 2017. Changing competition dynamics among predators at the late Early Pleistocene site Barranc de la Boella (Tarragona, Spain). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 477:10-26 [ER 3899]
Geography
Country: Spain
State: Catalonia
County: Tarragones
Coordinate: 41.136051° N, 1.169809° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Early Pleistocene
Section: Unit II
Unit number: 2
Unit order: above to below
Max Ma: 0.96
Min Ma: 0.781
Age basis: paleomag
Geography comments: Barranc de la Boella is located 6 km from the Mediterranean coast in a ravine in the town of la Canonja (Tarragona)
LM2 is the base layer within Unit II of the La Mina site, one of three sites at Barranc de la Boella alongside El Forn and Pit 1
Unit II was dated using palaeomagnetism and cosmogenic nuclides dates
LM2 is the base layer within Unit II of the La Mina site, one of three sites at Barranc de la Boella alongside El Forn and Pit 1
Unit II was dated using palaeomagnetism and cosmogenic nuclides dates
Environment
Lithology: sandstone
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit
Archaeology: stone tools
Habitat comments: Barranc de la Boella formed in a "fluvio-deltaic sedimentary environment"
The sites are located in "fluvial and debris flow" deposits
"LM Unit II is composed of poorly stratified massive sand"
There are low levels of water abrasion, indicating a small amount of modification by low-intensity water flows
Weathering on remains is low (22.2%), and what is present is "stage 1" which indicates rapid burial at the site
"Percussion pits" were identified on 4 remains, indicating some level of access by hominins to the carcasses, as does the presence of some stone tools
Carnivore marks are seen on 36 faunal remains
The sites are located in "fluvial and debris flow" deposits
"LM Unit II is composed of poorly stratified massive sand"
There are low levels of water abrasion, indicating a small amount of modification by low-intensity water flows
Weathering on remains is low (22.2%), and what is present is "stage 1" which indicates rapid burial at the site
"Percussion pits" were identified on 4 remains, indicating some level of access by hominins to the carcasses, as does the presence of some stone tools
Carnivore marks are seen on 36 faunal remains
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,primates,ungulates,other small mammals,birds,turtles
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 118 specimens
Sampling comments: 578 LM2 faunal remains were analyzed
27 taxa categories and 15 species were identified
Counts excluded:
Cervidae indet - Medium/small sized - 24
Felidae (large) - 1
Carnivora indet - 1
27 taxa categories and 15 species were identified
Counts excluded:
Cervidae indet - Medium/small sized - 24
Felidae (large) - 1
Carnivora indet - 1
Metadata
Sample number: 4284
Contributor: Jack Nesbitt
Enterer: Jack Nesbitt
Created: 2023-05-30 13:31:35
Modified: 2023-05-30 04:24:30
Abundance distribution
16 species
6 singletons
total count 118
geometric series index: 30.8
Fisher's α: 4.994
geometric series k: 0.8069
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8585
Shannon's H: 2.2130
Good's u: 0.9492
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Register
| Macaca sylvanus | 1 | |
| "Macaca Sylvanus (florentina)" | ||
| †Mammuthus meridionalis | 1 | |
| †Hippopotamus antiquus | 5 | |
| Cervus elaphus | 23 | 142 kg browser-grazer |
| †Dama cf. vallonetensis | 25 | |
| †Megaloceros savini | 5 | |
| Equus sp. | 20 | |
| Bovini indet. | 3 | |
| Ursus sp. | 11 | |
| †Panthera cf. gombaszoegensis | 1 | |
| "Panthera cf. (onca) gombaszoegensis" | ||
| †Canis cf. mosbachensis | 3 | 43 kg carnivore |
| Vulpes sp. | 1 | |
| Lynx sp. | 1 | |
| Chelonia indet. | 1 | |
| Leporidae indet. | 14 | |
| Aves indet. | 3 | |