Caverna degli Orsi (sondage A, Unit 10)
Basic information
Sample name: Caverna degli Orsi (sondage A, Unit 10)
Reference: C. Berto and G. Rubinato. 2013. The upper Pleistocene mammal record from Caverna degli Orsi (San Dorligo della Valle - Dolina, Trieste, Italy): A faunal complex between eastern and western Europe. Quaternary International 284:7-14 [ER 3095]
Geography
Country: Italy
Coordinate: 46° 37' N, 14° 51' E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Section: 3095
Unit number: 1
Unit order: above to below
Geography comments: "about 12 km SE from Trieste, in the karst territory of San Dorligo della Valle - Dolina... on the northwestern slope of Monte Carso" (coordinate based on San Dorligo della Valle)
there is "no geochronometric dating" but faunal and archaeological evidence suggests that the sequence spans "MIS 5 to 2"
there is "no geochronometric dating" but faunal and archaeological evidence suggests that the sequence spans "MIS 5 to 2"
Environment
Lithology: claystone
Taphonomic context: cave
Habitat comments: "silty clay loam or clay loam"
there are artifacts "ascribed to Mousterian industry" from Units 11 and 13 in sondage A and 118 and 120 in sondage B
this was "a cave frequented by cave bears and other large carnivores with sporadic human presence" but the mode of accumulation is not discussed
there are artifacts "ascribed to Mousterian industry" from Units 11 and 13 in sondage A and 118 and 120 in sondage B
this was "a cave frequented by cave bears and other large carnivores with sporadic human presence" but the mode of accumulation is not discussed
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, other small mammals
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 35 specimens
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: excavations were "carried out between 1993 and 2004"
Metadata
Sample no: 3374
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-08-27 15:14:31
Modified: 2023-04-29 00:58:35
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
11 species
5 singletons
total count 35
geometric series index: 29.5
Fisher's α: 5.517
geometric series k: 0.7628
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7655
Shannon's H: 1.9045
Good's u: 0.8604
Register
| Lepus sp. | 2 | |
| †Ursus spelaeus (cave bear) | 4 | |
| Canis lupus (gray wolf) | 1 | 43.0 kg |
| Arvicola amphibius | 1 | |
| "Arvicola terrestris" | ||
| Myodes glareolus | 4 | |
| "Clethrionomys glareolus" | ||
| Chionomys nivalis | 15 | |
| Microtus agrestis | 1 | |
| Microtus sp. | 2 | |
| "gr. multiplex-subterraneus" | ||
| Apodemus sp. | 3 | |
| Glis glis | 1 | |
| Talpa europaea | 1 | |