Tourville-la-Rivière (level D1)
Basic information
Sample name: Tourville-la-Rivière (level D1)
Reference: J. C. Descombes. 1983. Etude paléontologique du gisement pléistocène moyen de Tourville-la-Rivière (Seine-Maritime, France). Quaternaire 20(4):161-169 [ER 3984]
Geography
Country: France
Coordinate: 49.31° N, 1.07° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Middle Pleistocene
Max Ma: 0.2
Min Ma: 0.196
Age basis: other
Geography comments: 15 km south of Rouen in the interior of the meander of Elbeuf, on its right bank (coordinate based on map of Bahain et al. 2019)
thought by Descombes (1983) to be late Mindel in age, but MIS 7 based on ESR and other dating methods including AAR, TL, and IRSL (Bahain et al. 2019, Quaternary International)
the best dates are flagged as 200 ka (ESR on shell), 198 ± 26 ka (TL), and 196 ± 23 ka (IRSL)
thought by Descombes (1983) to be late Mindel in age, but MIS 7 based on ESR and other dating methods including AAR, TL, and IRSL (Bahain et al. 2019, Quaternary International)
the best dates are flagged as 200 ka (ESR on shell), 198 ± 26 ka (TL), and 196 ± 23 ka (IRSL)
Environment
Lithology: sandstone
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit
Archaeology: stone tools
Habitat comments: the sediments are interglacial and estuarine based on study of the malacological fauna
level D1 is from "chenaux sableux" (sandy channels) according to Descombes (1983) and "interbedded sands and silty clay" according to Bahain et al. (2019)
the material is well-preserved, with root traces and many anatomically connected skeletal elements
there is "a rich archaeological Middle Paleolithic lithic assemblage" (Bahain et al. 2019)
level D1 is from "chenaux sableux" (sandy channels) according to Descombes (1983) and "interbedded sands and silty clay" according to Bahain et al. (2019)
the material is well-preserved, with root traces and many anatomically connected skeletal elements
there is "a rich archaeological Middle Paleolithic lithic assemblage" (Bahain et al. 2019)
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates,other small mammals
Sample size: 649 specimens
Sampling comments: the collection was made under the supervision of Gérard Carpentier (years and methods not indicated)
level D1 includes five individual sites (S1, S2, S3, S4, and S5), but the material is not broken down consistently by site
there is also a single hyaena coprolite
"three human arm bones attributed to an individual of the Neanderthal lineage" were collected after the original publication (Bahain et al. 2019)
level D1 includes five individual sites (S1, S2, S3, S4, and S5), but the material is not broken down consistently by site
there is also a single hyaena coprolite
"three human arm bones attributed to an individual of the Neanderthal lineage" were collected after the original publication (Bahain et al. 2019)
Metadata
Sample number: 4399
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-12-08 17:12:35
Modified: 2023-12-08 06:12:35
Abundance distribution
15 species
3 singletons
total count 649
geometric series index: 20.8
Fisher's α: 2.742
geometric series k: 0.6761
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8008
Shannon's H: 1.9539
Good's u: 0.9954
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| Canis lupus | 96 | 43 kg carnivore |
| Vulpes vulpes | 23 | 5.3 kg carnivore-insectivore |
| Meles meles | 59 | 10 kg invertivore-herbivore |
| Martes sp. | 1 | |
| Ursus arctos | 3 | 156 kg frugivore-carnivore |
| †Ursus cf. spelaeus | 2 | |
| Capreolus capreolus | 31 | 22 kg browser |
| Cervus elaphus | 240 | 142 kg browser-grazer |
| Megaloceros sp. | 1 | |
| "Megaceros sp." | ||
| †Bison priscus | 22 | |
| maximum count, at least 3 other specimens are from other levels | ||
| †Bos primigenius | 92 | |
| maximum count, at least 2 other specimens are from other levels | ||
| Sus scrofa | 19 | 54 kg herbivore |
| †Coelodonta antiquitatis | 8 | |
| †Equus cf. mosbachensis | 51 | |
| Lepus sp. | 1 | |