Payre (ensemble G)
Basic information
Sample name: Payre (ensemble G)
Reference: C. Daujeard, E. J. Daschek, M. Patou-Mathis, and M. H. Moncel. 2018. Les néandertaliens de Payre (Ardèche, France) ont-ils chassé le rhinocéros?. Quaternaire 29(3):217-231 [ER 3976]
Geography
Country: France
Coordinate: 45° 53' N, 5° 51' E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Middle Pleistocene
Unit number: 1
Unit order: below to above
Max Ma: 0.243
Min Ma: 0.191
Age basis: zone
Geography comments: elevation 60 m (Moncel and Condemi 2007, Anthropologie)
shown on map by Moncel and Condemi (2007) as immediately to the southwest of Soyons (basis of coordinate), which houses a museum for the archaeological site
MIS 7 based on "TL, ESR & U/Th" (dates not given) according to Moncel and Condemi (2007)
shown on map by Moncel and Condemi (2007) as immediately to the southwest of Soyons (basis of coordinate), which houses a museum for the archaeological site
MIS 7 based on "TL, ESR & U/Th" (dates not given) according to Moncel and Condemi (2007)
Environment
Lithology: breccia
Taphonomic context: cave, human accumulation
Archaeology: stone tools
Habitat comments: "orange clay and numerous stones and slabs, turning into breccia. Most of the human remains were found in these layers, which corresponds to two main phases of human occupation"
"the main accumulator agent" throughout the section was humans and there are "more or less deep grooves, flake scars and notches" on "numerous isolated teeth" and other bones from this level that are interpreted as "Confidently of anthropic origin"
lithic assemblages are present throughout the section, so presumably are found here
"the main accumulator agent" throughout the section was humans and there are "more or less deep grooves, flake scars and notches" on "numerous isolated teeth" and other bones from this level that are interpreted as "Confidently of anthropic origin"
lithic assemblages are present throughout the section, so presumably are found here
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, primates, ungulates
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 598 specimens
Years: 1990 - 2002
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Metadata
Sample no: 4387
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-12-03 21:00:12
Modified: 2023-12-03 10:07:13
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
22 species
3 singletons
total count 598
geometric series index: 30.1
Fisher's α: 4.491
geometric series k: 0.7711
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7867
Shannon's H: 2.0534
Good's u: 0.995
Register
| †Palaeoloxodon antiquus (elephant) | 3 | |
| †Stephanorhinus hemitoechus (narrow-nosed rhinoceros) | 4 | |
| †Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis (Merck's rhinoceros) | 12 | |
| plus 121 Stephanorhinus sp. | ||
| Equus sp. | 118 | |
| †Bos primigenius (aurochs) | 3 | |
| Bison sp. | 23 | |
| plus 98 Bos or Bison | ||
| †Hemitragus bonali (tahr) | 36 | |
| Rupicapra rupicapra (chamois) | 2 | 27.0 kg |
| Cervus elaphus (red deer) | 235 | |
| †Megaloceros giganteus (Irish elk) | 3 | |
| Dama dama (European fallow deer) | 6 | |
| Capreolus capreolus (roe deer) | 18 | |
| Sus scrofa (pig) | 4 | |
| †Ursus spelaeus (cave bear) | 51 | |
| Ursus arctos (brown bear) | 7 | |
| plus 8 Ursus sp. | ||
| Canis lupus (gray wolf) | 15 | 43.0 kg |
| Vulpes vulpes (red fox) | 40 | |
| Panthera pardus (leopard) | 1 | |
| †Crocuta spelaea (hyena) | 5 | |
| Meles meles (European badger) | 1 | 11.0 kg |
| Mustelidae indet. | 1 | |
| †Homo neanderthalensis (Neanderthal) | 10 | |
| see Moncel and Condemi (2007) | ||