Table 3.

Chronological sequence and radiometric dates from Les Cottés^4,48, and detailing the number of bones sampled from each unit by taxa.

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

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.