Also known as Klissoura Cave 1
Where: Peloponnesus, Greece (37.7° N, 22.8° E: paleocoordinates 37.7° N, 22.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene to Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• The main layers are found in a 5m deep trench excavated in the cave which has been divided into 14 stratigraphic units based on archaeological and geoarchaeological evidence. The sedimentation is mainly anthropogenic.
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: anthropogenic
Primary reference: B. M. Starkovich. 2012. Intensification of small game resources at Klissoura Cave 1 (Peloponnese, Greece) from the Middle Paleolithic to Mesolithic. Quaternary International 264:17-31 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 184243: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 10.02.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Ophidia indet. snake | |
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle | |
Aves | |
Bubo bubo Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian eagle-owl | |
Otis tarda Linnaeus 1758 great bustard | |
Alectoris graeca Meisner 1804 rock partridge | |
Mammalia | |
Sciurus anomalus squirrel | |
Lepus europaeus Pallas 1778 European hare | |
? Homo sp. Linnaeus 1758 human | |
Lynx lynx Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian lynx
Felis silvestris Schreber 1777 wildcat
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard | |
Hyaena sp. Brisson 1762 hyaena | |
Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf | |
Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758 brown bear | |
Martes foina Erxleben 1777 marten
Martes martes Linnaeus 1758 European pine marten | |
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar | |
Capra cf. ibex Linnaeus 1758 Alpine ibex
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827 ox
Rupicapra rupicapra Linnaeus 1758 chamois | |
Capreolus capreolus Linnaeus 1758 European roe deer
Dama dama Linnaeus 1758 fallow deer
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer | |
Equus hydruntinus horse | |
Erinaceus concolor Martin 1838 Southern white-breasted hedgehog |