Canale delle Acque Alte (Layer C1)
Basic information
Sample name: Canale delle Acque Alte (Layer C1)
Sample aka: Canale Mussolini
Reference: S. Farina. 2011. Late Pleistocene-Holocene mammals from Canale delle Acque Alte (Canale Mussolini) (Agro Pontino, Latium). Bollettino della Societá Paleontologica Italiana 50(1):11-22 [ER 3770]
Geography
Country: Italy
State: Latina
Coordinate: 41° 33' 17" N, 12° 53' 2" E
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Section: 3770
Unit number: 3
Unit order: above to below
Max Ma: 0.07
Min Ma: 0.058
Age basis: stage
Geography comments: The mammal assemblage of “Canale delle Acque Alte” is a Late Pleistocene-Holocene fauna which was collected from an uninterrupted stratigraphical sequence in the Acque Alte Channel, in the Latina Province of the Lazio region, Italy.
The sandy layer C1 is also attributed to MIS4, likely deposited during "relatively colder conditions referable to the most severe phases of the MIS4 glacial".
The sandy layer C1 is also attributed to MIS4, likely deposited during "relatively colder conditions referable to the most severe phases of the MIS4 glacial".
Environment
Lithology: sandstone
Archaeology: stone tools
Habitat comments: Eleven layers have been identified from the channel sequence. Layer C1 consists of "grey-green sands with mammals, a Mousterian industry, and calcareous concretions attesting to a climatic change towards more continental conditions. Late Paleolithic artefacts also appear here for the first time".
Methods
Life forms: ungulates
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 44 specimens
Sampled by: A. C. Blanc
Years: 1935
Sampling comments: "The Acque Alte Channel was excavated in 1935. The paleontological collection is now housed at the Natural History Museum of the University of Pisa. All specimens were categorized, level by level, using standard taphonomic parameters, which were used to calculate the relative frequency of the taxa".
"Blanc (1935; 1957) affirm that part of the fossils were recovered in situ, while others were found in the channel. Specifically, 159 bear a tag stating a generic provenance from “Canale Mussolini”, while other tags report the layer of find. Features in common with the specimens collected in situ (e.g., state of conservation, kind of fossilization, colour and concretions) allowed for tentative stratigraphical repositioning of the untagged specimens".
"Blanc (1935; 1957) affirm that part of the fossils were recovered in situ, while others were found in the channel. Specifically, 159 bear a tag stating a generic provenance from “Canale Mussolini”, while other tags report the layer of find. Features in common with the specimens collected in situ (e.g., state of conservation, kind of fossilization, colour and concretions) allowed for tentative stratigraphical repositioning of the untagged specimens".
Metadata
Sample number: 4045
Contributor: Benjamin Carter
Enterer: Benjamin Carter
Created: 2023-02-13 13:16:23
Modified: 2023-05-30 03:25:30
Abundance distribution
6 species
1 singleton
total count 44
geometric series index: 10.2
Fisher's α: 1.877
geometric series k: 0.5065
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4979
Shannon's H: 1.0933
Good's u: 0.9792
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