Mondeval de Sora (SU 31)
Basic information
Sample name: Mondeval de Sora (SU 31)
Reference: U. T. Hohenstein, M. C. Turrini, A. Guerreschi, and F. Fontana. 2016. Red deer vs. ibex hunting at a seasonal base camp in the Dolomites: Mondeval de Sora, site 1, sector I. Quaternary International 423:92-101 [ER 3142]
Geography
Country: Italy
Coordinate: 46° 27' N, 12° 13' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Section: 3142
Unit number: 2
Unit order: above to below
Geography comments: "San Vito di Cadore, Belluno" (basis of coordinate)
"Two anthropic layers covered these structures being located respectively in the inner (SU 8) and in the external part of the site (SU 31) and the latter underlying the first one"
there is no radiocarbon date on this layer
"Two anthropic layers covered these structures being located respectively in the inner (SU 8) and in the external part of the site (SU 31) and the latter underlying the first one"
there is no radiocarbon date on this layer
Environment
Lithology: siltstone
Taphonomic context: human accumulation
Archaeology: stone tools
Habitat comments: the site is under the overhang of a large boulder, but not in a cave
the site was used for "processing of animal carcasses"
"constituted by a light brown sandy-silty matrix and characterized by numerous faunal remains"
the site was used for "processing of animal carcasses"
"constituted by a light brown sandy-silty matrix and characterized by numerous faunal remains"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 315 specimens
Years: 1986 - 1996
Metadata
Sample number: 3436
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-01 16:21:38
Modified: 2023-04-29 01:25:08
Abundance distribution
6 species
0 singletons
total count 315
geometric series index: 7.1
Fisher's α: 1.052
geometric series k: 0.3888
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4435
Shannon's H: 0.8662
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Ursus arctos | 6 | 156 kg frugivore-carnivore |
Sus scrofa | 2 | 54 kg herbivore |
Cervus elaphus | 225 | 104 kg |
Capreolus capreolus | 6 | 22 kg browser |
Capra ibex | 65 | 37 kg |
Rupicapra rupicapra | 11 | 27 kg browser-grazer |