Zhoukoudian Loc. 1 (Layer 3, West Section)
Basic information
Sample name: Zhoukoudian Loc. 1 (Layer 3, West Section)

Reference: S. Zhang, X. Gao, F. Chen, Y. Li, Y. Zhang, X. Zhang, and J. Li. 2016. A report of the 2009-2010 field excavations at the West Section of Zhoukoudian Loc. 1. Acta Anthropologica Sinica 35(1):63-75 [ER 4073]
Geography
Country: China

State: Beijing

Coordinate: 40° 41' 21" N, 116° 55' 26" E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark

Scale: quarry

Time interval: Middle Pleistocene

Max Ma: 0.386

Min Ma: 0.282

Age basis: ESR

Geography comments: coordinate based on Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site
Gaboardi et al. (2005) report numerous dates on the Zhoukoudian section, including ESR dates on layer 3 fossils ranging from 282 ± 45 to 386 ± 54 ka

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Environment
Lithology: breccia

Taphonomic context: cave

Habitat comments: from a limestone breccia

Methods
Life forms: carnivores, ungulates

Excluded forms: rodents, birds

Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash

Sample size: 294 specimens

Years: 2009

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: this is a new collection from layer 3
32 specifically indeterminate Cervus specimens are also present
the sediments were screenwashed to obtain rodents, birds, and presumably other small vertebrates, but they are not reported

Metadata
Sample no: 4496

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Modifier no: John Alroy

Created: 2024-11-18 08:39:48

Modified: 2024-11-18 08:42:22

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
5 species
0 singleton
total count 294
geometric series index: 6.6
Fisher's α: 0.856
geometric series k: 0.3297
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.2389
Shannon's H: 0.4953
Good's u: 1
Register
†Cervus (Sika) grayi (deer)254
Cervus elaphus (red deer)32
†Sus lydekkeri (pig)3
†Equus sanmeniensis (horse)2
Ursus sp. 3