Pta-2179

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon date from Aspoort Cave, c. 6189–5770 cal BP
Record created in XRONOS on 2022-12-02 00:50:45 UTC. Last updated on 2026-01-08 07:45:01 UTC. See changelog for details.
Contributors: XRONOS development team

Measurement

Age (uncal BP)
5220
Error (±)
60
Lab
Pretoria
Method
conventional 14C
Sample material
charcoal
Sample taxon
NA

Calibration

Calibration curve
SHCal20 (Hogg et al. 2020)
Calibrated age (2σ, cal BP)
  • 6189–6132
  • 6128–5895
  • 5775–5770

Context

Site
Aspoort Cave
Context
Hard grey matrix
Sample position
NA
Sample coordinates
NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references (7) 

@misc{smith1978ard,
  
}
@misc{SARD,
  url = {https://github.com/emmaloftus/Southern-African-Radiocarbon-Database},
  note = { Loftus, E., Mitchell, P., & Ramsey, C. (2019). An archaeological radiocarbon database for southern Africa. Antiquity, 93(370), 870-885. doi:10.15184/aqy.2019.75}
}
@misc{parkington1987prr,
  
}
@misc{Smith AB and Ripp MR. 1978. An archaeological reconnaissance of the Doorn/Tanqua Karoo.The South African Archaeological Bulletin 33 (128):118-133.,
  
}
@misc{Maggs T. 1980. Msuluzi confluence: a seventh century Early Iron Age site on the Tugela River.Annals of the Natal Museum24(1) pp.111-145.,
  
}
@misc{Vogel JC. 2001. Radiometric dates for the Middle Stone Age in South Africa. In Tobias PV Raath MA Moggi-Cecchi J Doyle GA (eds). Humanity from African Naissance to Coming Millennia Florence University Press: Florence 261–268.,
  
}
@misc{Huffman T.N. and Vogel J.C. 1991. The chronology of Great Zimbabwe.The South African Archaeological Bulletin pp.61-70.,
  
}

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---
:bibtex_key: smith1978ard
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
- :bibtex_key: SARD
  :bibtex_type: :misc
  :url: "{https://github.com/emmaloftus/Southern-African-Radiocarbon-Database}"
  :note: "{ Loftus, E., Mitchell, P., & Ramsey, C. (2019). An archaeological radiocarbon
    database for southern Africa. Antiquity, 93(370), 870-885. doi:10.15184/aqy.2019.75}"
---
:bibtex_key: parkington1987prr
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Smith AB and Ripp MR. 1978. An archaeological reconnaissance of the Doorn/Tanqua
  Karoo.The South African Archaeological Bulletin 33 (128):118-133.
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Maggs T. 1980. Msuluzi confluence: a seventh century Early Iron Age
  site on the Tugela River.Annals of the Natal Museum24(1) pp.111-145.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Vogel JC. 2001. Radiometric dates for the Middle Stone Age in South
  Africa. In Tobias PV Raath MA Moggi-Cecchi J Doyle GA (eds). Humanity from African
  Naissance to Coming Millennia Florence University Press: Florence 261–268.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Huffman T.N. and Vogel J.C. 1991. The chronology of Great Zimbabwe.The
  South African Archaeological Bulletin pp.61-70.
:bibtex_type: :misc

Changelog

C14 lab:
NA → 192