Ortvale Klde (late Middle Paleolithic)
Basic information
Sample name: Ortvale Klde (late Middle Paleolithic)

Reference: D. S. Adler and G. Bar-Oz. 2009. Seasonal patterns of prey acquisition and inter-group competition during the Middle and Upper Paleolithic of the southern Caucasus. In The Evolution of Hominin Diets: Integrating Approaches to the Study of Palaeolithic Subsistence (eds. J.-J. Hublin, M.P. Richards), pp. 127-140 [ER 3065]
Geography
Country: Georgia


Coordinate: 42° 20' N, 43° 18' E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map

Time interval: Late Pleistocene

Section: 3065

Unit number: 2

Unit order: above to below

Max Ma: 0.042

Min Ma: 0.0365

Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)

Geography comments: shown on a map as being about 4 km north of Chiatura (coordinate extrapolated from its location)
dates are uncalibrated

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Environment
Substrate: ground surface

Taphonomic context: human accumulation,rock shelter

Habitat comments: "a karstic rockshelter comprised of two chambers opening to the east" and the counts apply to "a sample of 6 m2" in the southern chamber
this sample applies to "Layers 5-7"
lithology not discussed

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates

Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash

Sample size: 2815 specimens

Years: 1997 - 2001

Sampling comments: "All of the excavated sediments were carefully dry-screened through 2 mm mesh and sorted for small bones"

Metadata
Sample number: 3333

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-08-24 17:28:38

Modified: 2023-04-29 00:26:17

Abundance distribution
5 species
0 singletons
total count 2815
extrapolated richness: 6.1
Fisher's α: 0.590
geometric series k: 0.1650
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.0804
Shannon's H: 0.1954
Good's u: 1.0000
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