Cunkong Cave
Basic information
Sample name: Cunkong Cave

Reference: W. Wang, R. Potts, Y. Baoyin, W. Huang, H. Cheng, R. L. Edwards, and P. Ditchfield. 2007. Sequence of mammalian fossils, including hominoid teeth, from the Bubing Basin caves, South China. Journal of Human Evolution 52(4):370-379 [ER 3845]
Geography
Country: China

State: Guangxi

Coordinate: 24° 36' 18" N, 107° 58' 26" E
Latlng basis: stated in text

Time interval: Holocene

Age basis: other

Geography comments: "in the Bubing Basin"
Holocene age assignment is based on the lack of extinct species and on the presence of ceramics

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Environment
Lithology: claystone

Taphonomic context: cave

Archaeology: ceramics

Habitat comments: "Sandy-clay deposits"
the "fauna is associated with pottery in the upper part of the stratigraphic profile"

Methods
Life forms: carnivores, primates, rodents, ungulates

Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash

Sample size: 285 specimens

Years: 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "excavated during three field seasons (December 1999 to January 2000, October to November 2002, and November 2003)"
sediment was "sieved (0.5 mm mesh)"

Metadata
Sample no: 4205

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2023-04-07 17:19:09

Modified: 2023-04-07 07:19:09

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
11 species
0 singleton
total count 285
geometric series index: 13.6
Fisher's α: 2.273
geometric series k: 0.6814
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6873
Shannon's H: 1.535
Good's u: 1
Register
Macaca sp. 3
Homo sapiens (human)464.0 kg
Hystrix sp. 21
Rhizomys sp. 4
Ursus thibetanus (Asian black bear)6
Panthera tigris (tiger)2
"Felis tigris"
Elephas maximus (Asian elephant)33711.0 kg
Sus scrofa (pig)68
apparently not domesticated
Muntiacus sp. 28
Cervus sp. 139
Bovinae indet.7