Boomplaas Cave (Member YOL)
Basic information
Sample name: Boomplaas Cave (Member YOL)
Reference: J. T. Faith. 2013. Taphonomic and paleoecological change in the large mammal sequence from Boomplaas Cave, western Cape, South Africa. Journal of Human Evolution 65(6):715-730 [ER 3779]
Geography
Country: South Africa
State: Western Cape
Coordinate: 33° 22' 14" S, 22° 9' 31" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Section: 3779
Unit number: 8
Unit order: above to below
Max Ma: 0.0324
Min Ma: 0.02122
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "Boomplaas Cave is located in the Cango Valley in the foothills of the Swartberg mountain range, north of Oudtshoorn, Eden District Municipality in the Western Cape Province, South Africa".
The YOL member of the deposit has been constrained by radiocarbon dates to between 32,400 ± 700 BP and 21,220 ± 195 BP (36,065-25,998 cal. BP).
The YOL member of the deposit has been constrained by radiocarbon dates to between 32,400 ± 700 BP and 21,220 ± 195 BP (36,065-25,998 cal. BP).
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: carnivore accumulation,cave,human accumulation
Archaeology: stone tools
Habitat comments: "Boomplaas Cave contains a stratified sequence of Middle Stone Age (MSA) and Late Stone Age (LSA) deposits spanning the last 65,000 years. People were the primary accumulators of the faunal remains in the LSA assemblages younger than ∼18,000 years ago (CL to BLD). In the LSA and MSA deposits dating from 18,000 to 50,000 years ago (BOL to GWA), a combination of humans, carnivores, and raptors accumulated the faunal remains, while the lowermost units were accumulated by carnivores and raptors".
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,primates,rodents,ungulates,other large mammals,other small mammals
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 100 specimens
Sampled by: H. J. Deacon
Years: 1974 - 1979
Sampling comments: "Excavations were conducted by H.J. Deacon from 1974 to 1979. In 2009 and 2010, taphonomic and taxonomic data were collected on thousands of previously unsorted specimens, in addition to those previously examined. All MSA and LSA units were examined with the exception of the uppermost pastoralist levels (member DGL)".
Metadata
Sample number: 4089
Contributor: Benjamin Carter
Enterer: Benjamin Carter
Created: 2023-02-23 13:21:54
Modified: 2023-05-30 04:56:50
Abundance distribution
12 species
4 singletons
total count 100
geometric series index: 22.6
Fisher's α: 3.561
geometric series k: 0.7220
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7893
Shannon's H: 1.8649
Good's u: 0.9604
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Register
| Lepus capensis | 2 | |
| Bunolagus monticularis | 4 | |
| Papio ursinus | 13 | 20 kg |
| Canis cf. mesomelas | 1 | 7.9 kg carnivore |
| Panthera pardus | 1 | 33 kg carnivore |
| Procavia capensis | 36 | 2.8 kg browser |
| Equus sp. | 20 | |
| zebra/quagga | ||
| Hippotragus sp. | 1 | |
| Alcelaphinae indet. | 2 | |
| "Connochaetes/Alcelaphus" | ||
| Pelea capreolus | 12 | 16 kg grazer |
| Oreotragus oreotragus | 7 | browser-grazer |
| Raphicerus sp. | 1 | |
| also 1 Neotragini indet. | ||