Ortvale Klde (early Upper Paleolithic)
Basic information
Sample name: Ortvale Klde (early Upper Paleolithic)
Reference: D. S. Adler and G. Bar-Oz. 2009. Seasonal patterns of prey acquisition and inter-group competition during the Middle and Upper Paleolithic of the southern Caucasus. In The Evolution of Hominin Diets: Integrating Approaches to the Study of Palaeolithic Subsistence (eds. J.-J. Hublin, M.P. Richards), pp. 127-140 [ER 3065]
Geography
Country: Georgia
Coordinate: 42° 20' N, 43° 18' E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Section: 3065
Unit number: 1
Unit order: above to below
Max Ma: 0.0343
Min Ma: 0.0194
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: shown on a map as being about 4 km north of Chiatura (coordinate extrapolated from its location)
dates are uncalibrated
dates are uncalibrated
Environment
Substrate: ground surface
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: rock shelter,human accumulation
Habitat comments: "a karstic rockshelter comprised of two chambers opening to the east" and the counts apply to "a sample of 6 m2" in the southern chamber
this sample applies to "Layers 2-4"
lithology not discussed
this sample applies to "Layers 2-4"
lithology not discussed
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 419 specimens
Years: 1997 - 2001
Sampling comments: "All of the excavated sediments were carefully dry-screened through 2 mm mesh and sorted for small bones"
Metadata
Sample number: 3334
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Modifier no: John Alroy
Created: 2019-08-24 17:30:20
Modified: 2024-11-15 11:46:58
Abundance distribution
5 species
0 singletons
total count 419
geometric series index: 6.4
Fisher's α: 0.798
geometric series k: 0.2701
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.1879
Shannon's H: 0.4284
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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