Mas d'Azil
Basic information
Sample name: Mas d'Azil

Reference: M. Patou. 1984. La faune de la Galerie Rive Droite du Mas d'Azil (Ariège): données paléoclimatiques et paléthnographiques. Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française 81(10/12):311-319 [ER 3099]
Geography
Country: France



Coordinate: 43° 5' N, 1° 22' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Late Pleistocene

Max Ma: 0.0134

Min Ma: 0.0132

Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)

Geography comments: "au Mas d'Azil dans la Galerie Rive Droite (de l'Arize)" (coordinate based on Le Mas d'Azil)
"de l'époque magdalénienne"
there are dates of "13 400 +/- 100 ans BP... et 13 200 +/- 110 BP" (calibration not discussed, but presumed to be uncalibrated because errors are symmetrically distributed)

Environment
Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: cave

Archaeology: bone tools,stone tools

Habitat comments: "industries lithique et osseuse et faune" are present

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates,other small mammals

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 2009 specimens

Years: 1937 - 1943

Sampling comments: small vertebrates are present but not listed or counted

Metadata
Sample number: 3382

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-08-28 07:58:07

Modified: 2023-04-03 09:14:57

Abundance distribution
14 species
1 singleton
total count 2009
geometric series index: 17.7
Fisher's α: 2.029
geometric series k: 0.5772
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5402
Shannon's H: 1.1006
Good's u: 0.9995
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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