Table 1 Bone specimens used in this study.

From: Comparing extraction method efficiency for high-throughput palaeoproteomic bone species identification

Specimen number

Site

Layer

Chronological age

Taxonomic identity

GdC-1

Gruta da Companheira, Portugal

Galeria 1

 > 50 kya

Ursidae

GdC-6

Gruta da Companheira, Portugal

Galeris 2- Level 2

 > 50 kya

Ursidae/ Capra/ Bovidae/ Reindeer

GdC-7

Gruta da Companheira, Portugal

Galeria 2

 > 50 kya

Not previously identified

GdC-9

Gruta da Companheira, Portugal

Galeria 2

 > 50 kya

Reindeer

GdC-26

Gruta da Companheira, Portugal

Galeria 2

 > 50 kya

Bovidae

GdC-193

Gruta da Companheira, Portugal

Galeria 2

 > 50 kya

Not previously identified

R10300

Ilsenhöhle Ranis, Germany

X (Graue Schicht)

40–50 kya

Rhinocerotidae

R10329

Ilsenhöhle Ranis, Germany

X (Graue Schicht)

40–50 kya

Reindeer

R10340

Ilsenhöhle Ranis, Germany

X (Graue Schicht)

40–50 kya

Ursidae

R10357

Ilsenhöhle Ranis, Germany

X (Graue Schicht)

40–50 kya

Equidae

R10359

Ilsenhöhle Ranis, Germany

X (Graue Schicht)

40–50 kya

Hyaenidae/Felinae

R10363

Ilsenhöhle Ranis, Germany

X (Graue Schicht)

40–50 kya

Reindeer

  1. The chronological age indicated is approximate and based on estimates in the archaeological literature. When available, taxonomic identity is based on prior analysis using ZooMS (for Ranis) or SPIN (for GdC).