Sibudu Cave (Pinkish Grey Sand)
Basic information
Sample name: Sibudu Cave (Pinkish Grey Sand)
Reference: J. L. Clark. 2017. The Howieson's Poort fauna from Sibudu Cave: Documenting continuity and change within Middle Stone Age industries. Journal of Human Evolution 107:49-70 [ER 3069]
Geography
Country: South Africa
State: KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinate: 29° 31' S, 31° 5' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Ma: 0.0647
Age basis: other
Geography comments: "on a cliff above the uThongathi River, approximately 40 km north of Durban"
coordinate based on Sibudu Cave
dated at 64.7 +/- 1.9 ka using OSL
coordinate based on Sibudu Cave
dated at 64.7 +/- 1.9 ka using OSL
Environment
Substrate: ground surface
Lithology: sandstone
Taphonomic context: cave,human accumulation
Habitat comments: "a loose, pinkish-grey sand"
ungulate remains are interpreted as "game"
ungulate remains are interpreted as "game"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,primates,rodents,ungulates,other large mammals,other small mammals
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 1512 specimens
Years: 1998 - 2011
Metadata
Sample number: 3342
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-08-25 15:47:31
Modified: 2019-08-25 10:45:49
Abundance distribution
29 species
11 singletons
total count 1512
extrapolated richness: 58.6
Fisher's α: 5.090
geometric series k: 0.7783
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4397
Shannon's H: 1.1278
Good's u: 0.9927
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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