Braholo Cave (Excavation Unit G6, Assemblage 2)
Basic information
Sample name: Braholo Cave (Excavation Unit G6, Assemblage 2)
Reference: N. Amano, A.-M. Moigne, T. Ingicco, F. Sémah, R. D. Awe, and T. Simanjuntak. 2016. Subsistence strategies and environment in Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene Eastern Java: Evidence from Braholo Cave. Quaternary International 416:46-63 [ER 3073]
Geography
Country: Indonesia
State: Central Java
Coordinate: 8° 5' 52" S, 111° 45' 19" E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Section: 3073
Unit number: 2
Unit order: above to below
Max Ma: 0.014014
Min Ma: 0.013765
Age basis: radiocarbon (calibrated)
Geography comments: "Braholo Cave is located on the western part of the Gunung Sewu (‘Thousand Mountains’) region of Central Java in the regency of Gunung Kidul close to the village of Semugih. The cave is on the western slope of a ca. 45 m high limestone hill, 15 m above the modern village road".
"Assemblage 2 produced radiocarbon dates of 13, 765 ± 156 and 14, 014 ± 202 cal. BP".
"Assemblage 2 produced radiocarbon dates of 13, 765 ± 156 and 14, 014 ± 202 cal. BP".
Environment
Substrate: ground surface
Lithology: claystone
Taphonomic context: cave, human accumulation
Archaeology: stone tools
Habitat comments: "The site is composed of two very distinct sedimentary deposits: an upper and chronologically younger loose reddish brown sandy clay deposit that extends from 30 to around 200 cm below the surface (Assemblage 1) and a dark brown silty clay deposit found from around 200 to 700 cm (Aseemblages 2-4). Numerous hearths and concentrations of burnt animal bones were recorded within the reddish brown sandy clay deposit. No hearths were found in the dark brown silty clay deposit".
"Braholo Cave produced numerous archaeological materials ranging from polished stone adzes and pottery in the first 50 cm of deposits to more than 50, 000 flakes and stone tool fragments from the lower stratigraphical levels. Assemblage 2 of excavation square G6 comprises specimens from the dark brown silty clay deposit that extended from 210 to 310 cm below the surface".
"Braholo Cave produced numerous archaeological materials ranging from polished stone adzes and pottery in the first 50 cm of deposits to more than 50, 000 flakes and stone tool fragments from the lower stratigraphical levels. Assemblage 2 of excavation square G6 comprises specimens from the dark brown silty clay deposit that extended from 210 to 310 cm below the surface".
Methods
Life forms: bats, carnivores, primates, rodents, ungulates, other large mammals, other small mammals, birds, lizards, snakes, turtles, fishes
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 337 specimens
Years: 1997 - 2001
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "Excavations in Braholo Cave were undertaken between 1997 and 2001. A total of 17 pits were opened during the excavations. The archaeological investigations were limited to the northwest region of the cave because of the huge limestone boulders and collapsed stalactites in the southern portion of the cave. The deepest squares (O8 and G6) reached a maximum depth of 7.3 m. The basal occupation layers were presumed to have not been reached since excavations in most squares were halted due of the presence of huge limestone boulders. A stratified sampling strategy was employed to account for the stark difference in the total number of bone fragments represented in each analytical assemblage".
Metadata
Sample no: 4073
Contributor no: Benjamin Carter
Enterer: Benjamin Carter
Created: 2023-02-20 11:36:41
Modified: 2023-04-29 00:32:42
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
35 species
11 singletons
total count 337
geometric series index: 63.0
Fisher's α: 9.819
geometric series k: 0.8695
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8515
Shannon's H: 2.6101
Good's u: 0.9674
Register
| Myliobatidae indet. | 1 | |
| Phasianidae indet. | 4 | |
| "Gallidae indet." | ||
| Accipitridae indet. | 1 | |
| Apodidae indet. | 1 | |
| 2 Aves indet. | ||
| Cyclemys dentata | 6 | |
| Cuora amboinensis | 2 | |
| 12 Geoemydidae indet. | ||
| Amyda cartilaginea | 1 | |
| 2 Trionychidae indet. | ||
| Python sp. | 8 | |
| Varanus sp. | 11 | |
| Agamidae indet. | 1 | |
| Macaca sp. | 23 | |
| Trachypithecus auratus (Javan lutung) | 116 | 10.0 kg |
| 578 Cercopithecidae indet. | ||
| Nycticebus javanicus (Javan slow loris) | 9 | |
| Galeopterus variegatus | 32 | |
| Ratufa bicolor | 12 | |
| Callosciurus sp. | 4 | |
| 22 Sciuridae indet. | ||
| Hystrix sp. | 4 | |
| Muridae indet. | 21 | |
| Crocidura sp. | 2 | |
| Pteropus sp. | 22 | |
| Rousettus sp. | 1 | |
| Hipposideros cf. diadema | 1 | 46.1 g |
| Mustelidae indet. | 1 | |
| Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Asian palm civet) | 3 | 2.4 kg |
| 3 Viverridae indet. | ||
| Panthera tigris (tiger) | 5 | |
| 1 Felidae indet. | ||
| Cuon alpinus (dhole) | 1 | |
| Tragulus sp. | 3 | |
| Sus verrucosus (Javan warty pig) | 1 | |
| Sus scrofa vittatus (pig) | 1 | |
| 29 Suidae indet. | ||
| Muntiacus muntjak (southern red muntjac) | 13 | 19.0 kg |
| Axis sp. | 4 | |
| Cervus sp. | 3 | |
| "Rusa sp.", also 12 Cervidae indet. | ||
| Bos sp. | 8 | |
| Bubalus sp. | 7 | |
| 17 Bovidae indet. | ||
| Rhinoceros sp. | 4 | |