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
Latlng basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Max Ma: 0.0144
Min Ma: 0.01335
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
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
Environment
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 specimens
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Metadata
Sample no: 3329
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-08-23 17:30:05
Modified: 2023-04-03 07:14:43
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
26 species
2 singletons
total count 2206
geometric series index: 35.0
Fisher's α: 4.14
geometric series k: 0.7551
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6884
Shannon's H: 1.6911
Good's u: 0.9991
Register
| Equus hemionus (onager) | 1121 | |
| Meriones cf. persicus | 86 | |
| Cervus elaphus (red deer) | 456 | |
| Nannospalax leucodon | 29 | |
| "Spalax leucodon" | ||
| Ovis gmelini (mouflon) | 134 | |
| "Ovis orientalis" | ||
| Capra aegagrus (wild goat) | 97 | |
| "Capra hircus aegagrus (wild goat)"; also 390 Caprinae indet. | ||
| Gazella subgutturosa (goitered gazelle) | 95 | 17.0 kg |
| Vulpes vulpes (red fox) | 33 | |
| Lepus cf. capensis | 11 | |
| Ochotona cf. rufescens | 7 | |
| Mesocricetus sp. | 6 | |
| Sus scrofa (pig) | 68 | |
| Hemiechinus auritus | 7 | |
| †Bos primigenius (aurochs) | 19 | |
| Ellobius cf. fuscocapillus | 3 | |
| Arvicola cf. amphibius | 2 | |
| "Arvicola terrestris" | ||
| Martes cf. foina (beech marten) | 2 | 1.3 kg |
| Canis sp. | 13 | |
| indeterminate wolf and dog specimens, including one specimen of "Canis familiaris" | ||
| Lynx lynx (Eurasian lynx) | 4 | |
| "Felis lynx" | ||
| Felis cf. chaus (jungle cat) | 2 | 5.3 kg |
| Nothocricetulus cf. migratorius | 1 | |
| "Cricetulus cf. migratorius" | ||
| Mustela cf. putorius (European polecat) | 3 | |
| Erinaceus europaeus | 2 | |
| Meles meles (European badger) | 2 | 11.0 kg |
| Microtus cf. socialis | 2 | |
| Chiroptera indet. | 1 | |