Table 2.
Stratigraphic distribution of ornamental and food shells at Üçağızlı Cave (percent NISP)
| Taxon | Layer
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | B1–B4 | C | D | E | F | G/H/I | |
| Ornamental taxa | |||||||
| Marine gastropods | |||||||
| Nassarius gibbosula | 50% | 44% | 29% | 50% | 25% | 64% | 88% |
| Columbella rustica | 33% | 44% | 41% | 50% | 63% | 22% | 7% |
| Other species | 6% | 4% | 6% | — | 10% | 2% | 5% |
| Marine bivalves | |||||||
| Glycymeris sp. | 3% | 3% | — | — | — | 2% | — |
| Other species | 5% | 2% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fresh/brackish water gastropods | |||||||
| Theodoxus jordani | 3% | 3% | 21% | — | 2% | 10% | — |
| Other species | <1% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total NISP | 385 | 481 | 70 | 6 | 48 | 50 | 58 |
| Food taxa | |||||||
| Patella sp. | 87% | 80% | 87% | 68% | 77% | 100% | 75% |
| Monodonta sp. | 13% | 20% | 12% | 32% | 23% | — | 25% |
| Cerastoderma sp. | <1% | <1% | 1% | — | — | — | — |
| Total NISP | 2,255 | 2,092 | 117 | 22 | 31 | 3 | 4 |