Dabeigou
Basic information
Sample name: Dabeigou
Sample aka: Qianxian
Reference: Z. Qin. 1984. Several paleoliths from Qianxian, Shaanxi. Acta Anthropologica Sinica 3(3):212-214 [ER 3820]
Geography
Country: China
State: Shaanxi
Coordinate: 34.45° N, 108.17° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Geography comments: from the vicinity of a dam at the Dabeigou Reservoir (basis of coordinate)
Qianxian is a county (xian means county)
Late Pleistocene age assignment is based on the fauna
Qianxian is a county (xian means county)
Late Pleistocene age assignment is based on the fauna
Environment
Lithology: sandstone
Archaeology: stone tools
Habitat comments: from variegated clay, sand and small gravel overlain by a loess and then a paleosol
eight stone artefacts are associated with the fossils
paleoenvironment and accumulation mode are unclear
eight stone artefacts are associated with the fossils
paleoenvironment and accumulation mode are unclear
Methods
Life forms: rodents,ungulates,other small mammals
Sample size: 48 specimens
Years: 1963
Sampling comments: apparently collected by the author
not clear whether this is a surface or excavated collection
not clear whether this is a surface or excavated collection
Metadata
Sample number: 4165
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-03-15 12:22:44
Modified: 2023-03-15 01:22:44
Abundance distribution
9 species
3 singletons
total count 48
geometric series index: 18.8
Fisher's α: 3.270
geometric series k: 0.6687
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6746
Shannon's H: 1.5541
Good's u: 0.9392
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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