Cueva de Nerja (Tardiglacial)
Basic information
Sample name: Cueva de Nerja (Tardiglacial)
Sample aka: Nerja Cave
Reference: M. Cortés-Sánchez, A. Morales-Muñiz, M. D. Simón-Vallejo, M. M. Bergadà-Zapata, A. Delgado-Huertas, P. López-García, J. A. López-Sáez, M. C. Lozano-Francisco, J. A. Riquelme-Cantal, E. Roselló-Izquierdo, A. Sánchez-Marco, and J. L. Vera-Peláez. 2008. Palaeoenvironmental and cultural dynamics of the coast of Málaga (Andalusia, Spain) during the Upper Pleistocene and early Holocene. Quaternary Science Reviews 27(23-24):2176-2193 [ER 3772]
Geography
Country: Spain
State: Málaga
Coordinate: 37° 46' 42" N, 4° 51' 45" W
Latlng basis: stated in text
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Section: 3772
Unit number: 2
Unit order: above to below
Max Ma: 0.01227
Min Ma: 0.01193
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "The Cueva de Nerja (Caves of Nerja) are a series of caverns close to the town of Nerja in the Province of Málaga, Spain. The site is located on the south side of the Almijara Mountain, in the area commonly known as Ladera del Aguila, and rises some 158 m a.s.l".
"The Tardiglacial stage at Cueva de Nerja is dated to between 12, 270 ± 220 and 11, 930 ± 160 BP".
"The Tardiglacial stage at Cueva de Nerja is dated to between 12, 270 ± 220 and 11, 930 ± 160 BP".
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: cave, human accumulation
Archaeology: bone tools, stone tools
Habitat comments: "The fifth stage at Cueva de Nerja corresponds to the last phases of the Tardiglacial. The archaeological levels include Magdalenian industries with harpoons".
"The hunting culture continued to develop during this stage, with more prey species being taken, including goats, rabbits, fish and marine mammals. As such, a wide variety of animal bones, shells and fish bones from this time have been found in the cave, including the remains of a number of offshore species, along with stone and bone tools".
"The hunting culture continued to develop during this stage, with more prey species being taken, including goats, rabbits, fish and marine mammals. As such, a wide variety of animal bones, shells and fish bones from this time have been found in the cave, including the remains of a number of offshore species, along with stone and bone tools".
Methods
Life forms: bats, carnivores, rodents, ungulates, marine mammals, other small mammals, birds, fishes, clams, snails
Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash
Sample size: 21458 specimens
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "Sediments obtained from excavation were sieved with pressured water and floated using sieves of 10, 5, and 1 mm diameter". The counts for each of the stages presented in the reference paper were combined from multiple studies.
Metadata
Sample no: 4051
Contributor no: Benjamin Carter
Enterer: Benjamin Carter
Created: 2023-02-14 15:43:36
Modified: 2023-05-30 03:34:16
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
107 species
30 singletons
total count 21458
geometric series index: 180.2
Fisher's α: 14.682
geometric series k: 0.9173
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7754
Shannon's H: 2.2717
Good's u: 0.9986
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