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° 4' 52" S, 110° 45' 19" E
Coordinate 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".

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".

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

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 number: 4073

Contributor: Benjamin Carter

Enterer: Benjamin Carter

Created: 2023-02-20 11:36:41

Modified: 2023-04-29 00:32:42

Abundance distribution
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
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Myliobatidae indet.1
Phasianidae indet.4
"Gallidae indet."
Accipitridae indet.1
Apodidae indet.1
2 Aves indet.
Cyclemys dentata6
Cuora amboinensis2
12 Geoemydidae indet.
Amyda cartilaginea1
2 Trionychidae indet.
Python sp.8
Varanus sp.11
Agamidae indet.1
Macaca sp.23
Trachypithecus auratus11610 kg
578 Cercopithecidae indet.
Nycticebus javanicus9
Galeopterus variegatus32
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. diadema146.1 g insectivore
Mustelidae indet.1
Paradoxurus hermaphroditus32.4 kg frugivore-insectivore
3 Viverridae indet.
Panthera tigris5168 kg carnivore
1 Felidae indet.
Cuon alpinus114 kg carnivore
Tragulus sp.3
Sus verrucosus1
Sus scrofa vittatus154 kg herbivore
29 Suidae indet.
Muntiacus muntjak1319 kg browser
Axis sp.4
Cervus sp.3
"Rusa sp.", also 12 Cervidae indet.
Bos sp.8
Bubalus sp.7
17 Bovidae indet.
Rhinoceros sp.4