Sample name: Chagyrskaya Cave (Layer 5)

Reference: N. Rudaya, S. Vasiliev, B. Viola, S. Talamo, and S. Markin. 2017. Palaeoenvironments during the period of the Neanderthals settlement in Chagyrskaya cave (Altai Mountains, Russia). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 467:265-276 [ER 3736]

Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: cave, human accumulation

Archaeology: stone tools

Habitat comments: "The cave consists of two chambers of approximately 130 m2. There are seven lithological units in total containing Holocene (1-4) and Pleistocene strata (5–7). The upper part of the Pleistocene deposits is mostly composed of sub-aerial sediments including two layers of loess-like sediments (strata 5 and 6)".
"More than 70, 000 artefacts were unevenly dispersed over the middle and upper Pleistocene sediments. The composition of the lithic industries is similar across strata, although the richest lithic assemblages were found in Layer 6".
"The main lithic categories are flakes, chips and tools. Blades, bifacial thinning chips, cores, and core and bifacial preforms are rare".
"The cave was used as a base camp for the butchering and processing of hunted game by Neanderthals".

Life forms: carnivores, primates, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals, birds, frogs, fishes

Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash

Sample size: 1765 specimens

Years: 2007 - 2013

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "The fossils from Chagyrskaya Cave were recovered over seven years of excavations (2007–2013) and consist of 195, 800 specimens. Fossils that can be identified to the species, genus, or class level comprise only 3.4% of the total assemblage". No additional excavation details are given.

Sample no: 3968

Contributor no: Benjamin Carter

Enterer: Benjamin Carter

Created: 2022-08-13 11:35:28

Modified: 2023-05-30 01:18:24