Mondeval de Sora (SU 31)
Basic information
Sample name: Mondeval de Sora (SU 31)

Reference: U. T. Hohenstein, M. C. Turrini, A. Guerreschi, and F. Fontana. 2016. Red deer vs. ibex hunting at a seasonal base camp in the Dolomites: Mondeval de Sora, site 1, sector I. Quaternary International 423:92-101 [ER 3142]
Geography
Country: Italy



Coordinate: 46° 27' N, 12° 13' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Holocene

Section: 3142

Unit number: 2

Unit order: above to below

Geography comments: "San Vito di Cadore, Belluno" (basis of coordinate)
"Two anthropic layers covered these structures being located respectively in the inner (SU 8) and in the external part of the site (SU 31) and the latter underlying the first one"
there is no radiocarbon date on this layer

Environment
Lithology: siltstone

Taphonomic context: human accumulation

Archaeology: stone tools

Habitat comments: the site is under the overhang of a large boulder, but not in a cave
the site was used for "processing of animal carcasses"
"constituted by a light brown sandy-silty matrix and characterized by numerous faunal remains"

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 315 specimens

Years: 1986 - 1996

Metadata
Sample number: 3436

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-09-01 16:21:38

Modified: 2023-04-29 01:25:08

Abundance distribution
6 species
0 singletons
total count 315
geometric series index: 7.1
Fisher's α: 1.052
geometric series k: 0.3888
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4435
Shannon's H: 0.8662
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Ursus arctos6156 kg frugivore-carnivore
Sus scrofa254 kg herbivore
Cervus elaphus225142 kg browser-grazer
Capreolus capreolus622 kg browser
Capra ibex6537 kg
Rupicapra rupicapra1127 kg browser-grazer