LV. 089
Basic information
Sample name: LV. 089

Reference: D. Jackson, C. Méndez, P. López, D. Jackson, and R. Seguel. 2005. Evaluación de un asentamiento arqueológico en el semiárido de Chile: procesos de formación, fauna extinta y componentes culturales. Intersecciones en antropologí­a 6:139-151 [ER 3389]
Geography
Country: Chile

State: Choapa

Coordinate: -31.95° S, -71.5° W
Latlng basis: stated in text

Time interval: Late Pleistocene

Geography comments: "5 km al sur del pueblo de Los Vilos, en la costa de la comuna homónima... 19J E: 263634, N: 6462270 [Datum: WGS 84]"
though to be late Pleistocene based on faunal contents

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Environment
Lithology: sandstone

Taphonomic context: aeolian deposit

Habitat comments: mostly a Holocene midden site deposited in a paleodune, but there is a Pleistocene fauna
the lithology is an aeolian sand
lithics are also present but are not securely associated

Methods
Life forms: ungulates, other large mammals

Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash, surface

Sample size: 52 specimens

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: the entire site area is 38, 000 m2 and the material is from sector A, with 90% of the specimens from 800 m2
all but 7 specimens are fragments exposed on the surface, and the others were from sediment quarried and sieved through 2.5 mm screens
numerous molluscs are also present

Metadata
Sample no: 3768

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2021-06-06 20:06:15

Modified: 2021-06-06 10:06:15

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
2 species
0 singleton
total count 52
geometric series index: not computable
Fisher's α: not computable
geometric series k: 1.0
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4781
Shannon's H: 0.6813
Good's u: 1
Register
Palaeolama sp. 30
Mylodon sp. 22