Pta-7254

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon date from Twyfelpoort, c. 3368–3005 cal BP
Record created in XRONOS on 2022-12-02 00:50:45 UTC. Last updated on 2026-01-08 07:48:54 UTC. See changelog for details.
Contributors: XRONOS development team

Measurement

Age (uncal BP)
3020
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)
  • 3368–3057
  • 3043–3032
  • 3016–3005

Context

Site
Twyfelpoort
Context
NA
Sample position
NA
Sample coordinates
NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references (4) 

@misc{backwell1996tsl,
  
}
@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{Henshilwood C.S. 2008.Holocene prehistory of the southern Cape South Africa: excavations at Blombos Cave and the Blombosfontein Nature Reserve. Oxford: Archaeopress.,
  
}
@misc{Vogel J.C. 2000. Radiocarbon dating of the Iron Age sequence in the Limpopo Valley.Goodwin Series pp.51-57.,
  
}

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---
:bibtex_key: backwell1996tsl
: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: '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
---
:bibtex_key: Vogel J.C. 2000. Radiocarbon dating of the Iron Age sequence in the Limpopo
  Valley.Goodwin Series pp.51-57.
:bibtex_type: :misc

Changelog

C14 lab:
NA → 192