Guitarrero Cave-Complex 4: Holocene, Peru

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Chinchillidae
Lagidium peruanum Meyen 1833
Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae
Cavia porcellus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus brasiliensis (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Bovidae
Ovis sp. Linnaeus 1758
possibly Capra
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Conepatus rex
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis familiaris Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Didelphimorphia
Marmosa sp. Gray 1821
Metachirus sp. Burmeister 1854
see common names

Geography
Country:Peru
Coordinates: 9.2° South, 77.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.2° South, 77.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Holocene
Key time interval:Holocene
Age range of interval:0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:8225 ± 90 YBP (14C)
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: C14
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:cave
Geology comments: complicated stratigraphy
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,coprolite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,sieve
Collection size:204 individuals
Reason for describing collection:archaeological analysis
Metadata
Database number:71329
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:K. Sears
Modifier:J. Alroy
Created:1999-02-17 09:20:22 Last modified:2010-01-26 20:56:03
Access level:the public Released:1999-02-17 09:20:22
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

24000. E. S. Wing. 1980. Faunal remains. Guitarrero Cave: Early Man in the Andes 149-172 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]