OxA-4544

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon date from Blombos Cave, c. 1929–1630 cal BP
Record created in XRONOS on 2022-12-02 00:50:45 UTC. Last updated on 2022-12-02 00:50:45 UTC. See changelog for details.
Contributors: XRONOS development team

Measurement

Age (uncal BP)
1880
Error (±)
55
Lab
NA
Method
AMS
Sample material
bone
Sample taxon
Ovis aries

Calibration

Calibration curve
SHCal20 (Hogg et al. 2020)
Calibrated age (2σ, cal BP)
  • 1929–1697
  • 1660–1630

Context

Site
Blombos Cave
Context
Sample position
NA
Sample coordinates
NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references (6) 

@misc{henshilwood1996rcp,
  
}
@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{henshilwood2008hps,
  
}
@misc{Henshilwood C. 1996. A revised chronology for pastoralism in southernmost Africa: new evidence of sheep at c. 2000 bp from Blombos Cave South Africa.Antiquity70(270) pp.945-949.,
  
}
@misc{SARD,
  
}
@misc{Henshilwood C.S. 2008.Holocene prehistory of the southern Cape South Africa: excavations at Blombos Cave and the Blombosfontein Nature Reserve. Oxford: Archaeopress.,
  
}

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:bibtex_key: henshilwood1996rcp
: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: henshilwood2008hps
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Henshilwood C. 1996. A revised chronology for pastoralism in southernmost
  Africa: new evidence of sheep at c. 2000 bp from Blombos Cave South Africa.Antiquity70(270)
  pp.945-949.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: SARD
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Henshilwood C.S. 2008.Holocene prehistory of the southern Cape South
  Africa: excavations at Blombos Cave and the Blombosfontein Nature Reserve. Oxford:
  Archaeopress.'
:bibtex_type: :misc

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