El Horno Cave (Level 1)
Basic information
Sample name: El Horno Cave (Level 1)
Reference: M. A. Fano, A. García-Moreno, A. Chauvin, I. Clemente-Conte, S. Costamagno, I. Elorrieta-Baigorri, N. E. Pascual, and A. Tarriño. 2016. Contribution of landscape analysis to the characterisation of Palaeolithic sites: A case study from El Horno Cave (northern Spain). Quaternary International 412:82-98 [ER 3080]
Geography
Country: Spain
State: Cantabria
Coordinate: 43° 15' N, 3° 27' W
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Section: 3080
Unit number: 1
Unit order: above to below
Max Ma: 0.013426
Min Ma: 0.012107
Age basis: radiocarbon (calibrated)
Geography comments: "in the middle Ason valley, at the base of a vertical wall on the south-west side of Monte Pando"
coordinate based on Cueva de Covalanas
"A sample of bones from the upper part of the level (collected at different depths, with a maximum difference of 10 cm) provided the determination GX-27457(12,530±190 BP, 13,426-12,107 cal BC"
coordinate based on Cueva de Covalanas
"A sample of bones from the upper part of the level (collected at different depths, with a maximum difference of 10 cm) provided the determination GX-27457(12,530±190 BP, 13,426-12,107 cal BC"
Environment
Lithology: limestone
Taphonomic context: cave,human accumulation
Habitat comments: "a yellowish sediment with a compact texture, 0.22 m thick"
"the impact of carnivores is very limited (less than 1% of the toothmarks on the remains). Taphonomic analysis strongly suggests a human origin for the fauna"
"the impact of carnivores is very limited (less than 1% of the toothmarks on the remains). Taphonomic analysis strongly suggests a human origin for the fauna"
Methods
Life forms: ungulates,other small mammals
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 290 specimens
Years: 1999 - 2007
Metadata
Sample number: 3353
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-08-26 15:01:16
Modified: 2023-04-29 00:36:31
Abundance distribution
5 species
1 singleton
total count 290
geometric series index: 7.8
Fisher's α: 0.858
geometric series k: 0.2525
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.2614
Shannon's H: 0.5152
Good's u: 0.9966
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