Abric Romaní (Level Jb)
Basic information
Sample name: Abric Romaní (Level Jb)

Reference: J. Rosell, R. Blasco, R. Huguet, I. Câceres, P. Saladié, F. Rivals, M. Bennásar, P. Bravo, G. Campeny, M. Esteban-Nadal, C. Fernândez-Laso, M. J. Gabucio, N. Ibâñez, P. Martín, L. Muñoz, and A. Rodríguez-Hidalgo. 2012. Occupational patterns and subsistence strategies in level J of Abric Romaní. In High Resolution Archaeology and Neanderthal Behavior: Time and Space in Level J of Abric Romaní (Capellades, Spain) (eds. E. Carbonell i Roura), -372 [ER 3064]
Geography
Country: Spain

Coordinate: 42° 32' N, 2° 42' E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Late Pleistocene

Section: 3064

Unit number: 2

Unit order: above to below

Max Ma: 0.0508

Min Ma: 0.0492

Age basis: other

Geography comments: "located in the travertine cliff known as the Cinglera del Capelló" near Capellades (basis of coordinate)
there are five U/Th dates bracketing level J that range from 49.2 +/- 2.9 ka to 50.8 +/- 0.8 ka (Vallverdù-Poch et al. 2012)

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Environment
Substrate: ground surface

Lithology: limestone

Taphonomic context: rock shelter, human accumulation

Habitat comments: a Middle Paleolithic "rockshelter" deposit

Methods
Life forms: carnivores, ungulates

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 281 specimens

Years: 1993 - 1995

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "mainly excavated in 1993, 1994 and 1995... Abundant combustion structures were recovered in association with a large number of lithic artifacts and bone remains"

Metadata
Sample no: 3332

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Modifier no: John Alroy

Created: 2019-08-24 17:13:25

Modified: 2024-11-03 00:07:06

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
7 species
2 singletons
total count 281
geometric series index: 11.2
Fisher's α: 1.301
geometric series k: 0.4394
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6251
Shannon's H: 1.1719
Good's u: 0.9929
Register
Equus ferus (wild horse)139
Cervus elaphus (red deer)96
†Bos primigenius (aurochs)15
†Stephanorhinus hemitoechus (narrow-nosed rhinoceros)27
Rupicapra pyrenaica (Pyrenean chamois)2
Lynx sp. 1
Crocuta sp. 1