Riparo Biarzo (SU 5)
Basic information
Sample name: Riparo Biarzo (SU 5)
Reference: M. Bertolini, E. Cristiani, M. Modolo, P. Visentini, and M. Romandini. 2016. Late Epigravettian and Mesolithic foragers of the eastern Alpine region: Animal exploitation and ornamental strategies at Riparo Biarzo (Northern Italy). Quaternary International 423:73-91 [ER 3141]
Geography
Country: Italy
Coordinate: 46° 8' N, 13° 29' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Section: 3141
Unit number: 3
Unit order: above to below
Ma: 0.0111
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "on the hydrographic left bank of the Natisone river... a little upstream of the village of Biarzo" (coordinate based on San Pietro al Natisone, which is less than 2 km south of the site)
"The Late Epigravettian occupation (SU 5) is the best characterized in the whole stratigraphy of the site. The SU 5 yielded a date of 11,100 ± 125 uncal BP (R1850 - 13,177-12,723 cal BP at 95.4% probability - OxCal v4 1.7) made on charcoal"
"The Late Epigravettian occupation (SU 5) is the best characterized in the whole stratigraphy of the site. The SU 5 yielded a date of 11,100 ± 125 uncal BP (R1850 - 13,177-12,723 cal BP at 95.4% probability - OxCal v4 1.7) made on charcoal"
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation
Archaeology: bone tools,stone tools
Habitat comments: there is a large "lithic industry" here including "scraper burins, truncations, borers and backed blades" and "animal material processing (e.g., hunting, hide treatment, bone working) represented the main activity carried out at the site"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 688 specimens
Years: 1982 - 1984
Metadata
Sample number: 3432
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-01 16:02:22
Modified: 2023-04-29 01:21:01
Abundance distribution
12 species
2 singletons
total count 688
geometric series index: 16.4
Fisher's α: 2.065
geometric series k: 0.5896
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6418
Shannon's H: 1.3474
Good's u: 0.9971
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Register
| Lepus sp. | 1 | |
| Marmota marmota | 13 | |
| Castor fiber | 12 | |
| Lynx lynx | 1 | 16 kg carnivore |
| Vulpes vulpes | 4 | 5.3 kg carnivore-insectivore |
| Meles meles | 6 | 10 kg invertivore-herbivore |
| Ursus arctos | 22 | 156 kg frugivore-carnivore |
| Sus scrofa | 334 | 54 kg herbivore |
| Cervus elaphus | 235 | 142 kg browser-grazer |
| Capreolus capreolus | 2 | 22 kg browser |
| Capra ibex | 31 | 37 kg |
| Rupicapra sp. | 27 |