Payre (ensemble D)
Basic information
Sample name: Payre (ensemble D)
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: Late Pleistocene
Unit number: 3
Unit order: below to above
Max Ma: 0.13
Min Ma: 0.074
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 5 based on "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 5 based on "ESR & U/Th"(dates not given) according to Moncel and Condemi (2007)
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: cave, human accumulation
Archaeology: stone tools
Habitat comments: "took place in open air under small shelters... Brown-red sediments with blocks"
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
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: 720 specimens
Years: 1990 - 2002
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Metadata
Sample no: 4389
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-12-03 21:06:20
Modified: 2023-12-03 10:06:20
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
23 species
2 singletons
total count 720
geometric series index: 28.6
Fisher's α: 4.533
geometric series k: 0.7839
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8246
Shannon's H: 2.2207
Good's u: 0.9972
Register
| †Palaeoloxodon antiquus (elephant) | 6 | |
| †Stephanorhinus hemitoechus (narrow-nosed rhinoceros) | 3 | |
| †Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis (Merck's rhinoceros) | 10 | |
| plus 67 Stephanorhinus sp. | ||
| Equus sp. | 53 | |
| †Bos primigenius (aurochs) | 23 | |
| plus 76 Bos or Bison | ||
| †Hemitragus bonali (tahr) | 55 | |
| Rupicapra rupicapra (chamois) | 8 | 27.0 kg |
| Cervus elaphus (red deer) | 212 | |
| †Megaloceros giganteus (Irish elk) | 8 | |
| Dama dama (European fallow deer) | 16 | |
| Capreolus capreolus (roe deer) | 14 | |
| Sus scrofa (pig) | 12 | |
| †Ursus spelaeus (cave bear) | 189 | |
| Ursus arctos (brown bear) | 45 | |
| plus 94 Ursus sp. | ||
| Cuon sp. | 2 | |
| Canis lupus (gray wolf) | 21 | 43.0 kg |
| Vulpes vulpes (red fox) | 13 | |
| †Panthera (Leo) spelaea (cave lion) | 12 | |
| Panthera pardus (leopard) | 3 | |
| Felis silvestris (European wildcat) | 7 | 4.5 kg |
| †Crocuta spelaea (hyena) | 1 | |
| Meles meles (European badger) | 6 | 11.0 kg |
| plus 10 Mustelidae indet. | ||
| †Homo neanderthalensis (Neanderthal) | 1 | |
| see Moncel and Condemi (2007) | ||