DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.03.012
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84903574371
论文题名: Recovering data from historical collections: Stratigraphic and spatial reconstruction of the outstanding carnivoran record from the Late Pleistocene Equi cave (Apuane Alps, Italy)
作者: Ghezzo E. ; Palchetti A. ; Rook L.
刊名: Quaternary Science Reviews
ISSN: 2773791
出版年: 2014
卷: 96 起始页码: 168
结束页码: 179
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Apuane Alps
; Carnivorans
; Cave stratigraphy
; Equi Cave
; Historical collections
; Italy
; Late Pleistocene
; Spatial distribution
Scopus关键词: Biology
; Excavation
; Spatial distribution
; Stratigraphy
; Biology
; Excavation
; Spatial distribution
; Stratigraphy
; Apuane Alps
; Carnivorans
; Historical collections
; Italy
; Late Pleistocene
; Caves
; Caves
; carnivore
; cave system
; dominance
; fossil record
; mammal
; Pleistocene
; population distribution
; biostratigraphy
; data set
; felid
; reconstruction
; spatial analysis
; spatial distribution
; taphonomy
; Apennines
; Apuane Alps
; Italy
; Tuscany
; Canidae
; Panthera
; Panthera pardus
; Vertebrata
英文摘要: Equi Terme is a hamlet located in northern Tuscany, in Apuan Alps regional Park. An outstanding fossil vertebrate collection housed in Florence is the result of excavations in the Equi cave and shelter during the period 1911-1919. This faunal assemblage (associated with Mousterian artefacts) may be correlated with the middle of MIS 3. All of the specimens recovered at Equi early in the last century were collected with attention to their stratigraphical positions. Detailed field annotation for nearly every specimen allowed us to organize them and attempt a stratigraphical and spatial reconstruction of the fossiliferous deposits.We present the results of the study of the spatial and stratigraphic distribution of the carnivoran species in the Equi cave and shelter, and re-evaluate the taphonomic agents of accumulation and the fossil distribution within the stratigraphic record. In particular, we evaluated the distribution of Panthera pardus, which, unusually for Europe, is abundant in the Equi cave assemblage.This analysis highlights the importance of the re-evaluation of historical collections and allows for future comparisons with data from more recent excavations at the Equi site. The analysis also provides an account of the distribution of carnivorans throughout the stratigraphic record. The constant presence and the predominance of leopards and wolves over lions and smaller carnivorans, allow for evaluations of their ethology and may be related to a short period of sediment accumulation. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/60244
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作者单位: Earth Science Department, University of Florence, Via G. La Pira, 4, 50121 Firenze, Italy; B and P Archeologia, Via F. Ferrucci 95/D, 59100 Prato, Italy
Recommended Citation:
Ghezzo E.,Palchetti A.,Rook L.. Recovering data from historical collections: Stratigraphic and spatial reconstruction of the outstanding carnivoran record from the Late Pleistocene Equi cave (Apuane Alps, Italy)[J]. Quaternary Science Reviews,2014-01-01,96