Caverna degli Orsi (sondage A, Unit 10.1)
Basic information
Sample name: Caverna degli Orsi (sondage A, Unit 10.1)
Reference: C. Berto and G. Rubinato. 2013. The upper Pleistocene mammal record from Caverna degli Orsi (San Dorligo della Valle - Dolina, Trieste, Italy): A faunal complex between eastern and western Europe. Quaternary International 284:7-14 [ER 3095]
Geography
Country: Italy
Coordinate: 45° 37' N, 13° 51' E
Basis of coordinate: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "about 12 km SE from Trieste, in the karst territory of San Dorligo della Valle - Dolina... on the northwestern slope of Monte Carso" (coordinate based on San Dorligo della Valle)
there is "no geochronometric dating" but faunal and archaeological evidence suggests that the sequence spans "MIS 5 to 2"
there is "no geochronometric dating" but faunal and archaeological evidence suggests that the sequence spans "MIS 5 to 2"
Climate and habitat
Lithology: claystone
Taphonomic context: cave
Habitat comments: "silty clay loam or clay loam"
there are artifacts "ascribed to Mousterian industry" from Units 11 and 13 in sondage A and 118 and 120 in sondage B
this was "a cave frequented by cave bears and other large carnivores with sporadic human presence" but the mode of accumulation is not discussed
there are artifacts "ascribed to Mousterian industry" from Units 11 and 13 in sondage A and 118 and 120 in sondage B
this was "a cave frequented by cave bears and other large carnivores with sporadic human presence" but the mode of accumulation is not discussed
Methods
Life forms: rodents
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 157
Sampling comments: excavations were "carried out between 1993 and 2004"
Metadata
Sample: 3375
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-08-27 15:29:52
Modified: 2019-08-27 15:37:49
Abundance distribution
12 species
5 singletons
total count 38
Fisher's α: 6.040
geometric series k: 0.8278
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8606
Shannon's H: 2.1944
Good's u: 0.8698
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