Cueva de Nerja (Early Holocene)
Basic information
Sample name: Cueva de Nerja (Early Holocene)
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: Holocene
Section: 3772
Unit number: 1
Unit order: above to below
Max Ma: 0.01086
Min Ma: 0.00724
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 Early Holocene stage at Cueva de Nerja is dated to between 10, 860 ± 160 and 7240 ± 80 BP".
"The Early Holocene stage at Cueva de Nerja is dated to between 10, 860 ± 160 and 7240 ± 80 BP".
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: cave, human accumulation, midden
Archaeology: bone tools, stone tools
Habitat comments: "The Early Holocene stage corresponds to the final phases of the Tardiglacial and the beginning of the postglacial. Sedimentation in this stage has an anthropic origin, including a shell-midden mainly formed of Mytilus edulis shells. This anthropic occupation of the cave corresponds to Epipalaeolithic industries, related with Epimagdalenian facies".
Methods
Life forms: bats, carnivores, rodents, ungulates, marine mammals, other small mammals, birds, fishes, clams, snails, other invertebrates
Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash
Sample size: 17403 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: 4052
Contributor no: Benjamin Carter
Enterer: Benjamin Carter
Created: 2023-02-14 15:59:27
Modified: 2023-05-30 03:34:18
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
99 species
28 singletons
total count 17403
geometric series index: 168.1
Fisher's α: 13.875
geometric series k: 0.9104
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6477
Shannon's H: 1.7485
Good's u: 0.9984
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