Caverna degli Orsi (sondage A, Unit 11.1)
Basic information
Sample name: Caverna degli Orsi (sondage A, Unit 11.1)
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: 4
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
Archaeology: stone tools
Habitat comments: "very stony" and presumably in a matrix of clay loam or clay because surrounding units are made up of that material
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, ungulates, other small mammals
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 155 specimens
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: excavations were "carried out between 1993 and 2004"
Metadata
Sample no: 3377
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-08-27 15:42:12
Modified: 2023-04-29 00:58:29
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
12 species
4 singletons
total count 155
geometric series index: 23.3
Fisher's α: 3.036
geometric series k: 0.6523
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.473
Shannon's H: 1.1499
Good's u: 0.9742
Register
| †Ursus spelaeus (cave bear) | 110 | |
| Canis lupus (gray wolf) | 4 | 43.0 kg |
| Panthera pardus (leopard) | 3 | |
| Felis silvestris (European wildcat) | 1 | 4.5 kg |
| Bovini indet. | 1 | |
| Bos or Bison | ||
| Myodes glareolus | 4 | |
| "Clethrionomys glareolus" | ||
| Chionomys nivalis | 3 | |
| Dinaromys bogdanovi | 3 | |
| Microtus agrestis | 4 | |
| Microtus arvalis | 20 | |
| Apodemus sp. | 1 | |
| Sorex "gr. araneus" | 1 | |