Sibudu Cave (Pinkish Grey Sand)
Basic information
Sample name: Sibudu Cave (Pinkish Grey Sand)
Reference: J. L. Clark. 2017. The Howieson's Poort fauna from Sibudu Cave: Documenting continuity and change within Middle Stone Age industries. Journal of Human Evolution 107:49-70 [ER 3069]
Geography
Country: South Africa
State: KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinate: 30° 31' S, 31° 5' E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Ma: 0.0647
Age basis: other
Geography comments: "on a cliff above the uThongathi River, approximately 40 km north of Durban"
coordinate based on Sibudu Cave
dated at 64.7 +/- 1.9 ka using OSL
coordinate based on Sibudu Cave
dated at 64.7 +/- 1.9 ka using OSL
Environment
Substrate: ground surface
Lithology: sandstone
Taphonomic context: cave, human accumulation
Habitat comments: "a loose, pinkish-grey sand"
ungulate remains are interpreted as "game"
ungulate remains are interpreted as "game"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, primates, rodents, ungulates, other large mammals, other small mammals
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 1512 specimens
Years: 1998 - 2011
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Metadata
Sample no: 3342
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-08-25 15:47:31
Modified: 2019-08-25 10:45:49
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
29 species
11 singletons
total count 1512
geometric series index: 58.6
Fisher's α: 5.09
geometric series k: 0.7783
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4397
Shannon's H: 1.1278
Good's u: 0.9927
Register
| Orycteropus afer (aardvark) | 1 | 40.0 kg |
| Procavia capensis (rock hyrax) | 30 | 2.8 kg |
| Lepus cf. saxatilis | 2 | 2.0 kg |
| Pronolagus sp. | 5 | |
| Thryonomys swinderianus | 6 | 5.2 kg |
| Cricetomys gambianus | 59 | 1.4 kg |
| Otolemur cf. crassicaudatus (brown greater galago) | 1 | 1.1 kg |
| Papio ursinus (chacma baboon) | 17 | 20.0 kg |
| Chlorocebus pygerythrus (tantalus monkey) | 47 | |
| Cercopithecus mitis albogularis (blue monkey) | 42 | |
| "Cercopithecus albogularis" | ||
| Smutsia temminckii (ground pangolin) | 1 | |
| "Manis temminckii" | ||
| Panthera pardus (leopard) | 1 | |
| Caracal caracal (caracal) | 1 | |
| Genetta cf. tigrina | 1 | 1.7 kg |
| Herpestes sanguineus | 2 | |
| "Galerella sanguinea"; also 2 Herpestes sp. "Galerella sp." | ||
| Atilax paludinosus | 1 | 2.8 kg |
| Canis cf. mesomelas (black-backed jackal) | 3 | 7.9 kg |
| Ictonyx cf. striatus (striped polecat) | 1 | 753.0 g |
| Equus sp. | 4 | |
| Potamochoerus larvatus (bushpig) | 146 | 38.0 kg |
| Phacochoerus africanus (common warthog) | 1 | 82.0 kg |
| Syncerus caffer (African buffalo) | 8 | 548.0 kg |
| Tragelaphus scriptus (harnessed bushbuck) | 4 | 31.0 kg |
| Taurotragus oryx (common eland) | 2 | |
| "Tragelaphus oryx" | ||
| Hippotragus cf. equinus (roan) | 1 | 246.0 kg |
| Philantomba monticola (blue duiker) | 1118 | |
| Cephalophus natalensis (red forest duiker) | 3 | |
| Pelea capreolus (grey rhebok) | 3 | 16.0 kg |
| Raphicerus campestris (steenbok) | 1 | 9.7 kg |