Table 3 Chronological sequence and radiometric dates from Les Cottés4,48, and detailing the number of bones sampled from each unit by taxa.

From: Multi-isotope analysis of bone collagen of Late Pleistocene ungulates reveals niche partitioning and behavioural plasticity of reindeer during MIS 3

Archaeological Unit—cultural unit

Weighted mean OSL age (ka)

14C age range (68% CI) (ka cal BP)

Taxa by unit—(NR) and number sampled (n)

Rangifer

Bison

Equus

US02—Upper Early Aurignacian

 

37.2 ± 1.5

36.7–35.3

(426)

18

(7)

4

(5)

2

US04 upper—Early Aurignacian

 

40.5 ± 2.1

38.6–37.0

(463)

15

(20)

3

(53)

8

US04 lower—Protoaurignacian

 

40.3 ± 2.0

40.1–38.3

(436)

16

(43)

11

(137)

10

US06—Châtelperronian

 

43.1 ± 2.2

42.8–40.6

(95)

8

(38)

5

(23)

3

US08—Mousterian

 

51.3 ± 3.0

45.8–42.3

(127)

11

(105)

11

(32)

7

Total

   

68

 

34

 

30

  1. Radiocarbon age ranges exclude those identified in Talamo et al.4 as outliers, after Jacobs et al.48. Number of Remains (NR) is the number of specimens identifiable to species/taxonomic group is after Rendu et al.2 and is noted in italics.
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