Palegawra Cave
Basic information
Sample name: Palegawra Cave
Reference: P. F. Turnbull and C. A. Reed. 1974. The fauna from the terminal Pleistocene of Paleogawra Cave, a Zarzian occupation site in northeastern Iraq. Fieldiana: Anthropology 63(3):81-146 [ER 3062]
Geography
Country: Iraq
Coordinate: 35.59° N, 45.15° E
Basis of coordinate: estimated from map
Geography comments: "in the Baranand Dagh... part of the southwestern foothills of the Zagros Mountains"
shown on a map as close to Bazian (basis of coordinate)
C14 dates of 13, 350 +/- 460 and 14, 400 +/- 760 ybp based on collagen were calibrated with a 5570 year half-life
shown on a map as close to Bazian (basis of coordinate)
C14 dates of 13, 350 +/- 460 and 14, 400 +/- 760 ybp based on collagen were calibrated with a 5570 year half-life
Climate and habitat
Substrate: ground surface
Lithology: limestone
Taphonomic context: cave
Habitat comments: "semi-cemented limey cave-earth" formed "from limestone dust and gravel with perhaps a little soil" with "travertine" forming "the cementing material"
collections were made by dissolving matrix in "a mild solution of hydrochloric acid" and "by scraping and chiseling the matrix away"
collections were made by dissolving matrix in "a mild solution of hydrochloric acid" and "by scraping and chiseling the matrix away"
Methods
Life forms: bats, carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 2206
Metadata
Sample: 3329
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-08-23 17:30:05
Modified: 2019-08-25 20:39:08
Abundance distribution
26 species
2 singletons
total count 2206
Fisher's α: 4.140
geometric series k: 0.7551
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6884
Shannon's H: 1.6911
Good's u: 0.9991
Register
| Equus hemionus | 1121 | grazer |
| Meriones cf. persicus | 86 | |
| Cervus elaphus | 456 | |
| Spalax leucodon | 29 | |
| Ovis orientalis | 134 | |
| Capra aegagrus hircus | 97 | browser-grazer |
| "Capra hircus aegagrus": 390 indeterminate Ovis or Capra specimens are also present | ||
| Gazella subgutturosa | 95 | 17 kg grazer |
| Vulpes vulpes | 33 | 5.3 kg carnivore-insectivore |
| Lepus cf. capensis | 11 | |
| Ochotona cf. rufescens | 7 | |
| Mesocricetus sp. | 6 | |
| Sus scrofa | 68 | 54 kg herbivore |
| Hemiechinus auritus | 7 | |
| Bos primigenius | 19 | |
| Ellobius cf. fuscocapillus | 3 | |
| Arvicola cf. terrestris | 2 | |
| Martes cf. foina | 2 | 1.3 kg carnivore-frugivore |
| Canis sp. | 13 | |
| indeterminate wolf and dog specimens, including one specimen of "Canis familiaris" | ||
| Lynx lynx | 4 | 16 kg carnivore |
| "Felis lynx" | ||
| Felis cf. chaus | 2 | carnivore |
| Cricetulus cf. migratorius | 1 | |
| Mustela cf. putorius | 3 | 656 g carnivore |
| Erinaceus europaeus | 2 | |
| Meles meles | 2 | 11 kg invertivore-herbivore |
| Microtus cf. socialis | 2 | |
| Chiroptera indet. | 1 | |