Pta-4042

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon date from Spring Cave, c. 904–672 cal BP
Record created in XRONOS on 2022-12-02 00:50:45 UTC. Last updated on 2026-01-08 07:48:34 UTC. See changelog for details.
Contributors: XRONOS development team

Measurement

Age (uncal BP)
840
Error (±)
50
Lab
Pretoria
Method
conventional 14C
Sample material
charcoal
Sample taxon
NA

Calibration

Calibration curve
SHCal20 (Hogg et al. 2020)
Calibrated age (2σ, cal BP)
  • 904–866
  • 855–848
  • 825–809
  • 803–672

Context

Site
Spring Cave
Context
3 DBM
Sample position
NA
Sample coordinates
NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references (6) 

@misc{jerardino1996csl,
  
}
@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{Jerardino AMS. 1996.Changing social landscapes of the western Cape coast of southern Africa over the last 4500 years(Doctoral dissertation University of Cape Town).,
  
}
@misc{Vogel JC Fuls A and Visser E. 1986. Pretoria Radiocarbon dates III. Radiocarbon 28: 1133-117,
  
}
@misc{Jerardino A. 2010. Large shell middens in Lamberts Bay South Africa: a case of hunter-gatherer resource intensification. Journal of Archaeological Science 37:2291–2302.,
  
}
@misc{Binneman JN. 2004/2005. Archaeological research along the south-eastern Cape coast part1: open-air shell middens. Southern African Field Archaeology 13 & 14: 49-77.,
  
}

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:bibtex_key: jerardino1996csl
: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: Jerardino AMS. 1996.Changing social landscapes of the western Cape coast
  of southern Africa over the last 4500 years(Doctoral dissertation University of
  Cape Town).
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Vogel JC Fuls A and Visser E. 1986. Pretoria Radiocarbon dates III.
  Radiocarbon 28: 1133-117'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Jerardino A. 2010. Large shell middens in Lamberts Bay South Africa:
  a case of hunter-gatherer resource intensification. Journal of Archaeological Science
  37:2291–2302.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Binneman JN. 2004/2005. Archaeological research along the south-eastern
  Cape coast part1: open-air shell middens. Southern African Field Archaeology 13
  & 14: 49-77.'
:bibtex_type: :misc

Changelog

C14 lab:
NA → 192