Soleihac
Basic information
Sample name: Soleihac
Reference: E. Bonifay, M.-F. Bonifay, R. Panattoni, and J.-J. Tiercelin. 1976. Soleihac (Blanzac, Haute-Loire), nouveau site préhistorique du début du Pléistocène moyen. Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française 73(1):293-304 [ER 3988]
Geography
Country: France
Coordinate: 45.11° N, 3.86° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Middle Pleistocene
Max Ma: 0.781
Min Ma: 0.58
Age basis: other
Geography comments: near the farm of Soleihac about 1 km east of Blanzac (coordinate estimated from map in Fig. 1)
from a normal polarity interval interpreted as "younger than the Brunhes-Matuyama boundary" based on an Ar-Ar date of 0.58 ± 0.02 Ma for a pumice ash-fall layer said to be below bed C; the authors apparently mean above bed C based on other statements and on Fig. 2, so the age range is 0.781 to 0.58 Ma (Muttoni et al. 2010)
from a normal polarity interval interpreted as "younger than the Brunhes-Matuyama boundary" based on an Ar-Ar date of 0.58 ± 0.02 Ma for a pumice ash-fall layer said to be below bed C; the authors apparently mean above bed C based on other statements and on Fig. 2, so the age range is 0.781 to 0.58 Ma (Muttoni et al. 2010)
Environment
Lithology: claystone
Taphonomic context: lake deposit
Archaeology: stone tools
Habitat comments: "Mode I lithic tools were found in a 1-2 m-thick level of gray silts and sands termed bed C pertaining to a lacustrine succession contained in a maar depression" (Muttoni et al. 2010)
the level C sediments are specifically from a lake border and consist of loamy clay intercalated with fissures and may have been deposited on a beach or entirely underwater; they are 1.0 to 1.2 m thick
the bones are said to have probably been broken by human activity, but the accumulation agent per se is not discussed
about a score of lithic artefacts was recovered
the level C sediments are specifically from a lake border and consist of loamy clay intercalated with fissures and may have been deposited on a beach or entirely underwater; they are 1.0 to 1.2 m thick
the bones are said to have probably been broken by human activity, but the accumulation agent per se is not discussed
about a score of lithic artefacts was recovered
Methods
Life forms: ungulates
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 24 specimens
Years: 1974, 1975
Sampling comments: the site was first discovered by F. Robert in 1829, but the reported collection was made in 1974 and 1975
the sediments were also screenwashed with water (mesh size not stated)
carnivores are entirely absent, and the fishes are not described
the sediments were also screenwashed with water (mesh size not stated)
carnivores are entirely absent, and the fishes are not described
Metadata
Sample number: 4403
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-12-10 12:59:39
Modified: 2023-12-10 01:59:39
Abundance distribution
6 species
3 singletons
total count 24
extrapolated richness: 15.7
Fisher's α: 2.568
geometric series k: 0.6310
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6594
Shannon's H: 1.3369
Good's u: 0.8785
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Register
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| Dama roberti | 10 | |
| "cf. Euctenoceros": see Breda and Lister (2013); minimum count, more molars and postcrania may exist | ||
| Capreolus capreolus suessenbornensis | 1 | 22 kg browser |
| "Capreolus cf. suessenbornensis" | ||
| Bovidae indet. | 1 | |
| medium sized | ||
| Hippopotamus sp. | 1 | |
| Stephanorhinus etruscus | 2 | |
| "Dicerorhinus etruscus" | ||