Chongphadae Cave
Basic information
Sample name: Chongphadae Cave
Reference: R. S. Choe, K. S. Han, S. C. Kim, C. U, C. U. Ho, and I. Kang. 2020. Late Pleistocene fauna from Chongphadae Cave, Hwangju County, Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Quaternary Research 97:42-54 [ER 3780]
Geography
Country: North Korea
State: North Hwanghae
County: Hwangju
Coordinate: 39° 41' 54" N, 126° 48' 30" E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Max Ma: 0.02654
Min Ma: 0.01937
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "a limestone cave located halfway up the hill behind the Chongphadae village... about 40 km south of Pyongyang City"
there are uncalibrated dates of 26, 540 BP on deer bone and 19, 370 BP on horse bone
there are uncalibrated dates of 26, 540 BP on deer bone and 19, 370 BP on horse bone
Environment
Lithology: claystone
Taphonomic context: cave
Habitat comments: from layers 12 and 13
"Mammalian remains were recovered from Layers 3 and 5-15" but only 12 and 13 are definitely Late Pleistocene
calcareous "cave clay deposits, which were transported into the cave by physical and chemical weathering and by aeolian processes"
"Mammalian remains were recovered from Layers 3 and 5-15" but only 12 and 13 are definitely Late Pleistocene
calcareous "cave clay deposits, which were transported into the cave by physical and chemical weathering and by aeolian processes"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, primates, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals
Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash
Sample size: 1312 specimens
Years: 1997 - 2005
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "sediments were reduced using sieves and treated with acetic acid"
Metadata
Sample no: 4095
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-02-23 15:35:11
Modified: 2023-02-23 04:35:11
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
33 species
4 singletons
total count 1312
geometric series index: 43.8
Fisher's α: 6.148
geometric series k: 0.836
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.888
Shannon's H: 2.5975
Good's u: 0.997
Register
| Rattus norvegicus | 6 | 300.0 g |
| Apodemus agrarius | 4 | |
| Myodes rufocanus | 1 | |
| "Clethrionomys rufocanus" | ||
| Cricetulus barabensis obscurus | 18 | 23.9 g |
| Alexandromys oeconomus | 39 | |
| "Microtus oeconomus" | ||
| †Microtus brandtioides | 54 | |
| Myospalax psilurus | 2 | |
| Myospalax epsilanus | 12 | |
| Castor fiber | 3 | |
| Ochotona alpina | 21 | |
| Erinaceus sp. | 1 | |
| Panthera tigris (tiger) | 21 | |
| Panthera pardus (leopard) | 2 | |
| †Panthera spelaea (cave lion) | 6 | |
| †Canis mosbachensis (wolf) | 11 | 43.0 kg |
| "Canis variabilis" | ||
| Nyctereutes procyonoides (raccoon dog) | 1 | 4.2 kg |
| Ursus arctos (brown bear) | 28 | |
| Mustela sibirica (Siberian weasel) | 1 | |
| "Mustela sibiricus" | ||
| Meles leucurus (Asian badger) | 10 | 11.0 kg |
| "Meles meles" | ||
| Equus ferus przewalskii (wild horse) | 135 | |
| "Equus przewalskii" | ||
| Equus hemionus (onager) | 59 | |
| †Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis (Merck's rhinoceros) | 68 | |
| "Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis" | ||
| †Coelodonta antiquitatis (woolly rhinoceros) | 2 | |
| Sus scrofa (pig) | 40 | |
| Hydropotes inermis (water deer) | 17 | |
| Capreolus pygargus (Siberian roe deer) | 102 | |
| "Capreolus capreolus" | ||
| Cervus nippon (sika deer) | 309 | 103.0 kg |
| Cervus elaphus (red deer) | 105 | |
| Sinomegaceros sp. | 200 | |
| Naemorhedus goral (Himalayan goral) | 3 | 25.0 kg |
| Procapra przewalskii (Przewalski's gazelle) | 2 | |
| "Gazella przewalskii" | ||
| Bison sp. | 24 | |
| Macaca mulatta fossilis (rhesus macaque) | 5 | 8.0 kg |