Soucy 1
Basic information
Sample name: Soucy 1
Reference: V. Lhomme, N. Connet, C. Bemilli, C. Chaussé, S. Beyries, and C. Guérin. 2000. Essai d'interprétation du site paléolithique inférieur de Soucy 1 (Yonne). Gallia Préhistoire 42:1-44 [ER 3987]
Geography
Country: France
Coordinate: 48.250° N, 3.299° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Middle Pleistocene
Max Ma: 0.337
Min Ma: 0.3
Age basis: zone
Geography comments: "a terrace of the Yonne river at Soucy"
the Soucy sites are in a field about 1 km due west of Soucy and immediately adjacent to the TGV tracks (see Fig. 2: coordinate estimated from this map)
assigned to the Holsteinian interglacial or MIS 9 based on an unpublished analysis of the microfauna (basis of age estimate)
there is also an ESR date on quartz of 349 ± 43 BP from near the base of the section and aminochronological date on mollusc shells corresponding to MIS 7 from in between
the Soucy sites are in a field about 1 km due west of Soucy and immediately adjacent to the TGV tracks (see Fig. 2: coordinate estimated from this map)
assigned to the Holsteinian interglacial or MIS 9 based on an unpublished analysis of the microfauna (basis of age estimate)
there is also an ESR date on quartz of 349 ± 43 BP from near the base of the section and aminochronological date on mollusc shells corresponding to MIS 7 from in between
Environment
Lithology: sandstone
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit,human accumulation
Archaeology: stone tools
Habitat comments: from the top of a fine alluvium that is sandy to sandy-loamy
the assemblage is interpreted as the result of hunting and butchery and fluvial deposition and carnivore predation are specifically ruled out, although preservation of the bones is poor and cut marks aren't mentioned
there are 2083 lithic artifacts
the assemblage is interpreted as the result of hunting and butchery and fluvial deposition and carnivore predation are specifically ruled out, although preservation of the bones is poor and cut marks aren't mentioned
there are 2083 lithic artifacts
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 171 specimens
Years: 1995
Sampling comments: collected in an urgent salvage operation in 1995
Metadata
Sample number: 4402
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-12-10 10:37:40
Modified: 2023-12-09 23:37:40
Abundance distribution
9 species
2 singletons
total count 171
geometric series index: 13.8
Fisher's α: 2.023
geometric series k: 0.5839
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7050
Shannon's H: 1.4659
Good's u: 0.9884
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| †Bos primigenius | 74 | |
| Cervus elaphus | 43 | 142 kg browser-grazer |
| Capreolus capreolus | 4 | 22 kg browser |
| Sus sp. | 1 | |
| Equus sp. | 6 | |
| †Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis | 34 | |
| "Dicerorhinus merckii" | ||
| †Palaeoloxodon antiquus | 6 | |
| Ursus sp. | 1 | |
| Castor fiber | 2 | |