Cunkong Cave
Basic information
Sample name: Cunkong Cave
Reference: W. Wang, R. Potts, Y. Baoyin, W. Huang, H. Cheng, R. L. Edwards, and P. Ditchfield. 2007. Sequence of mammalian fossils, including hominoid teeth, from the Bubing Basin caves, South China. Journal of Human Evolution 52(4):370-379 [ER 3845]
Geography
Country: China
State: Guangxi
Coordinate: 23° 36' 18" N, 106° 58' 26" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Time interval: Holocene
Age basis: other
Geography comments: "in the Bubing Basin"
Holocene age assignment is based on the lack of extinct species and on the presence of ceramics
Holocene age assignment is based on the lack of extinct species and on the presence of ceramics
Environment
Lithology: claystone
Taphonomic context: cave
Archaeology: ceramics
Habitat comments: "Sandy-clay deposits"
the "fauna is associated with pottery in the upper part of the stratigraphic profile"
the "fauna is associated with pottery in the upper part of the stratigraphic profile"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,primates,rodents,ungulates
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 285 specimens
Years: 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003
Sampling comments: "excavated during three field seasons (December 1999 to January 2000, October to November 2002, and November 2003)"
sediment was "sieved (0.5 mm mesh)"
sediment was "sieved (0.5 mm mesh)"
Metadata
Sample number: 4205
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-04-07 17:19:09
Modified: 2023-04-07 07:19:09
Abundance distribution
11 species
0 singletons
total count 285
geometric series index: 13.6
Fisher's α: 2.273
geometric series k: 0.6543
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6873
Shannon's H: 1.5350
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Register
| Macaca sp. | 3 | |
| Homo sapiens | 4 | 64 kg |
| Hystrix sp. | 21 | |
| Rhizomys sp. | 4 | |
| Ursus thibetanus | 6 | 63 kg browser-frugivore |
| Panthera tigris | 2 | 168 kg carnivore |
| "Felis tigris" | ||
| Elephas maximus | 3 | 3711 kg grazer-browser |
| Sus scrofa | 68 | 54 kg herbivore |
| apparently not domesticated | ||
| Muntiacus sp. | 28 | |
| Cervus sp. | 139 | |
| Bovinae indet. | 7 | |