Zouhrah Cave (L 0)
Basic information
Sample name: Zouhrah Cave (L 0)
Sample aka: El Harhoura 1
Reference: H. Monchot and H. Aouraghe. 2009. Deciphering the taphonomic history of an Upper Paleolithic faunal assemblage from Zouhrah Cave/El Harhoura 1, Morocco. Quaternaire 20(2):239-253 [ER 3787]
Geography
Country: Morocco
Coordinate: 33.94° N, -6.95° W
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Section: 3787
Unit number: 1
Unit order: below to above
Geography comments: shown on a map as ENE of central Temara on the coast
coordinate based on the beach location of Harhoura in Temara
age unclear, but underlies the dated Upper Paleolithic "Aterian" levels s1, 1, and 2
coordinate based on the beach location of Harhoura in Temara
age unclear, but underlies the dated Upper Paleolithic "Aterian" levels s1, 1, and 2
Environment
Lithology: sandstone
Taphonomic context: carnivore accumulation,cave,rodent accumulation
Habitat comments: s0 is a "marine sand lying on a lapiaz sandstone" with "no lithics"
based on a detailed taphonomic analysis, "The hyena would have been the main collector and modifier of bones at Zouhrah cave" but material was also accumulated by porcupines
levels s1, 1, and 2 include "a small lithic industry composed of pebble tools and complete or fractured pebbles"
there are "numerous burnt stones" in "levels 1 and 2" but "cutmarks or characteristic bone fractures" are "rare"
based on a detailed taphonomic analysis, "The hyena would have been the main collector and modifier of bones at Zouhrah cave" but material was also accumulated by porcupines
levels s1, 1, and 2 include "a small lithic industry composed of pebble tools and complete or fractured pebbles"
there are "numerous burnt stones" in "levels 1 and 2" but "cutmarks or characteristic bone fractures" are "rare"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates,other small mammals
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 18 specimens
Sampled by: A. Debénath
Years: 1976
Sampling comments: "discovered during residential construction work in 1976 and ... excavated by A. Debénath"
numerous amphibians, reptiles, birds, lagomorphs, mollusks, and rodents are described from somewhere in the section
"mollusc" specimens are listed in the table at this level
numerous amphibians, reptiles, birds, lagomorphs, mollusks, and rodents are described from somewhere in the section
"mollusc" specimens are listed in the table at this level
Metadata
Sample number: 4106
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-02-24 13:57:47
Modified: 2023-05-30 05:09:07
Abundance distribution
5 species
3 singletons
total count 18
extrapolated richness: 17.6
Fisher's α: 2.293
geometric series k: 0.5266
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4248
Shannon's H: 0.9609
Good's u: 0.8396
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| "Felis caracal" | ||
| Sus scrofa | 1 | 54 kg herbivore |
| Antilopini indet. | 13 | |
| Alcelaphini indet. | 2 | |
| Lepus capensis | 1 | |