Equus Cave (unit 1A)
Basic information
Sample name: Equus Cave (unit 1A)
Reference: R. G. Klein, K. Cruz-Uribe, and P. B. Beaumont. 1991. Environmental, ecological, and paleoanthropological implications of the late Pleistocene mammalian fauna from Equus Cave, northern Cape Province, South Africa. Quaternary Research 36(1):94-119 [ER 3107]
Geography
Country: South Africa
State: Cape
Coordinate: 27° 37' S, 24° 37' E
Basis of coordinate: stated in text
Geography comments: "on the Gaap Escarpment at Norlim (formerly Buxton), near Taung"
"1A also contains typical Later Stone Age bone points... Two radiocarbon dates - 2390 +/- 60 yr B.P. (Pta-2452) on charcoal from near the middle of 1A and 7480 +/- 80 yr B.P. (Pta-2495) on ostrich eggshell from near its base - indicate that 1A dates from the Holocene"
"1A also contains typical Later Stone Age bone points... Two radiocarbon dates - 2390 +/- 60 yr B.P. (Pta-2452) on charcoal from near the middle of 1A and 7480 +/- 80 yr B.P. (Pta-2495) on ostrich eggshell from near its base - indicate that 1A dates from the Holocene"
Climate and habitat
Lithology: sandstone
Taphonomic context: carnivore accumulation, cave, tools
Habitat comments: "a layer of grayish-brown sandy loam up to 50 cm thick"
the entire assemblage was "accumulated by brown hyenas"
the entire assemblage was "accumulated by brown hyenas"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, primates, rodents, ungulates, other large mammals, other small mammals
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 849
Years: 1978, 1982
Metadata
Sample: 3393
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-08-29 12:18:44
Modified: 2019-08-29 12:18:44
Abundance distribution
34 species
4 singletons
total count 849
Fisher's α: 7.093
geometric series k: 0.8447
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8633
Shannon's H: 2.5653
Good's u: 0.9953
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