Hiem Cave
Basic information
Sample name: Hiem Cave
Reference: M. Masojc, H. D. Le, T. Gralak, G. Michalec, K. Apolinarska, M. Badura, M. Cendrowska, A. Galas, J. Krupa-Kurzynowska, B. Miazga, M. Osypinska, Z. Rozok, and V. Nguyen. 2023. The Early Holocene Hoabinhian (8300-8000 cal BC) occupation from Hiem Cave, Vietnam. Comptes Rendus Palevol 22(5):59-76 [ER 3800]
Geography
Country: Vietnam
State: Hoa Binh
Coordinate: 20° 28' 21" N, 106° 34' 22" E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Time interval: Holocene
Ma: 0.00879
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: altitude 170 m
there are uncalibrated radiocarbon dates of 8970 +/- 30, 9240 +/- 30, and 9140 +/- 30 y BP on nutshell (Canarium sp.), but only the 8970 date is directly associated with the bones
there are uncalibrated radiocarbon dates of 8970 +/- 30, 9240 +/- 30, and 9140 +/- 30 y BP on nutshell (Canarium sp.), but only the 8970 date is directly associated with the bones
Environment
Lithology: claystone
Taphonomic context: human accumulation
Archaeology: stone tools
Habitat comments: from a 2 m thick sequence, but the "bones" are from a single layer "at 0.7-0.8 m depth containing stone artefacts, bones and nutshell"
the lithology is apparently "grey-brown red clay with numerous snail shells"
there are "268 lithic artefacts... of the Hoabinhian culture"
the bones are "considerably fragmented" as "the result of human (consumers') activity" with some "subject to heat treatment - roasting over fire"
the lithology is apparently "grey-brown red clay with numerous snail shells"
there are "268 lithic artefacts... of the Hoabinhian culture"
the bones are "considerably fragmented" as "the result of human (consumers') activity" with some "subject to heat treatment - roasting over fire"
Methods
Life forms: bats, carnivores, primates, rodents, ungulates, birds, lizards, turtles, frogs, fishes, clams, snails
Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash
Sample size: 258 specimens
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: material "was sifted on the spot (with the sieves of the mesh diameter of 0.5 cm)"
Metadata
Sample no: 4153
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-03-08 20:41:10
Modified: 2023-03-08 09:48:05
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
25 species
6 singletons
total count 258
geometric series index: 41.6
Fisher's α: 6.837
geometric series k: 0.8438
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8864
Shannon's H: 2.5362
Good's u: 0.9769
Register
| Bos sp. | 2 | |
| frontalis or javanicus | ||
| Cervidae indet. | 1 | |
| Muntiacus sp. | 15 | |
| Sus scrofa (pig) | 35 | |
| Macaca sp. | 14 | |
| Hylobates sp. | 4 | |
| Pardofelis marmorata (marbled cat) | 9 | |
| Rodentia indet. | 6 | |
| Chiroptera indet. | 1 | |
| Galliformes indet. | 6 | |
| Indotestudo elongata | 8 | |
| Manouria emys | 22 | |
| Varanus sp. | 4 | |
| Anura indet. | 2 | |
| "amphibians" (almost certainly frogs) | ||
| Osteichthyes indet. | 1 | |
| Cyclophorus spp. | 59 | |
| including 3 opercula | ||
| Camaena vanbuensis | 1 | |
| also 2 identified only to genus level | ||
| Garnieria sp. | 2 | |
| Nienauchenia dautzenbergii | 1 | |
| Brotia (Antimelania) sp. a | 35 | |
| Brotia (Antimelania) sp. b | 20 | |
| Viviparus spp. | 2 | |
| Lanceolaria spp. | 3 | |
| also 9 unidentified unionids | ||
| Nodularia sp. | 4 | |
| Ostreidae indet. | 1 | |