Les Auzières 2
Basic information
Sample name: Les Auzières 2
Reference: F. Marchal, H. Monchot, C. Coussot, E. Desclaux, P. Deschamp, C. Thiébaut, J.-J. Bahain, C. Falguères, and J.-M. Dolo. 2009. Neanderthals paleoenvironment on Western Provence: The contribution of Les Auzières 2 (Méthamis, Vaucluse, France). Comptes Rendus Palevol 8(5):493-502 [ER 3105]
Geography
Country: France
Coordinate: 44° 1' N, 5° 13' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Max Ma: 0.069
Min Ma: 0.05
Age basis: U/Th
Geography comments: "near the village of Méthamis... at the outlet of the upper Nesque Gorges"
coordinate based on Méthamis
there are three ESR/U-series dates on horse teeth of 60 +/- 8, 69 +/- 7, and 50 +/- 7 ka
coordinate based on Méthamis
there are three ESR/U-series dates on horse teeth of 60 +/- 8, 69 +/- 7, and 50 +/- 7 ka
Environment
Lithology: siltstone
Taphonomic context: carnivore accumulation,cave,fluvial deposit
Habitat comments: "All the specimens come from layer Cf" which is split between "clayey silt" (Cf3) and "sandy and clayey silt" (Cf1 and Cf2), both interspersed with "limestone boulder or speleothem", and the silt was deposited by "fluvial sedimentation"
there are 24 "Flint artifacts" that are not in situ and there are no cut marks, so the spotted hyena was "the main collector of the herbivores"
there are 24 "Flint artifacts" that are not in situ and there are no cut marks, so the spotted hyena was "the main collector of the herbivores"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 173 specimens
Years: 1998
Metadata
Sample number: 3391
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-08-29 11:33:01
Modified: 2019-08-29 01:33:01
Abundance distribution
14 species
2 singletons
total count 173
geometric series index: 20.8
Fisher's α: 3.595
geometric series k: 0.7308
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8033
Shannon's H: 1.9665
Good's u: 0.9886
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Register
| †Crocuta spelaea | 37 | |
| "Crocuta crocuta spelaea" | ||
| Canidae indet. | 19 | |
| Vulpes vulpes and possibly also Alopex lagopus | ||
| Lynx pardinus spelaeus | 5 | 11 kg |
| "Lynx spelaea" | ||
| Ursus sp. | 2 | |
| Felis silvestris | 1 | 4.5 kg carnivore |
| Equus ferus | 59 | 422 kg |
| "Equus caballus" compared to "germanicus" | ||
| Capra sp. | 20 | |
| †Coelodonta antiquitatis | 12 | |
| Cervus elaphus | 6 | 142 kg browser-grazer |
| Rupicapra rupicapra | 3 | 27 kg browser-grazer |
| †Megaloceros giganteus | 3 | |
| "Megaceros giganteus" | ||
| †Mammuthus primigenius | 3 | |
| †Bos primigenius | 2 | |
| Equus hemionus hydruntinus | 1 | grazer |
| "Equus hydruntinus" | ||