Pta-2545

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon date from Wonderwerk, c. 6983–6655 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)
5970
Error (±)
70
Lab
NA
Method
NA
Sample material
charcoal
Sample taxon
NA

Calibration

Calibration curve
SHCal20 (Hogg et al. 2020)
Calibrated age (2σ, cal BP)
  • 6983–6655

Context

Site
Wonderwerk
Context
Sample position
NA
Sample coordinates
NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references (26) 

@misc{Beaumont PB. 1990. Wonderwerk Cave. In Beaumont P. B. and Morris D. (eds.)Guide to Archaeological Sites in the Northern Cape Southern African Association of Archaeologists Kimberley pp. 101–134.,
  
}
@article{p3k14c,
  title = {P3k14c, a Synthetic Global Database of Archaeological Radiocarbon Dates},
  author = {Bird, Darcy and Miranda, Lux and Vander Linden, Marc and Robinson, Erick and Bocinsky, R. Kyle and Nicholson, Chris and Capriles, José M. and Finley, Judson Byrd and Gayo, Eugenia M. and Gil, Adolfo and d’Alpoim Guedes, Jade and Hoggarth, Julie A. and Kay, Andrea and Loftus, Emma and Lombardo, Umberto and Mackie, Madeline and Palmisano, Alessio and Solheim, Steinar and Kelly, Robert L. and Freeman, Jacob},
  year = {2022},
  month = {jan},
  journal = {Scientific Data},
  volume = {9},
  number = {1},
  pages = {27},
  publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},
  issn = {2052-4463},
  doi = {10.1038/s41597-022-01118-7},
  abstract = {Archaeologists increasingly use large radiocarbon databases to model prehistoric human demography (also termed paleo-demography). Numerous independent projects, funded over the past decade, have assembled such databases from multiple regions of the world. These data provide unprecedented potential for comparative research on human population ecology and the evolution of social-ecological systems across the Earth. However, these databases have been developed using different sample selection criteria, which has resulted in interoperability issues for global-scale, comparative paleo-demographic research and integration with paleoclimate and paleoenvironmental data. We present a synthetic, global-scale archaeological radiocarbon database composed of 180,070 radiocarbon dates that have been cleaned according to a standardized sample selection criteria. This database increases the reusability of archaeological radiocarbon data and streamlines quality control assessments for various types of paleo-demographic research. As part of an assessment of data quality, we conduct two analyses of sampling bias in the global database at multiple scales. This database is ideal for paleo-demographic research focused on dates-as-data, bayesian modeling, or summed probability distribution methodologies.},
  copyright = {2022 The Author(s)},
  langid = {english},
  keywords = {Archaeology,Chemistry},
  month_numeric = {1}
}
@misc{ecker2017rdc,
  
}
@misc{butzer1978cpe,
  
}
@misc{vogel1986prd,
  
}
@misc{beaumont1990w,
  
}
@misc{humphreys1983ggl,
  
}
@misc{leethorp2015hec,
  
}
@misc{Ecker M. Brink J. Chazan M. Horwitz L.K. and Lee-Thorp J.A. 2017. Radiocarbon Dates Constrain the Timing of Environmental and Cultural Shifts in the Holocene Strata of Wonderwerk Cave South Africa.Radiocarbon pp.1-20.,
  
}
@misc{SARD,
  
}
@misc{Higham et al. 2015,
  
}
@misc{ORAU (Archaeometry Datelist 18),
  
}
@misc{Butzer K.W. Struckenrath R. Bruzewicz A.J. Helgren D.M. 1978. Late Cenozoic paleoclimates of the Ghaap Escarpment Kalahari margin South Africa. Quaternary Research 10 310–339.,
  
}
@misc{Vogel JC Fuls A and Visser E. 1986. Pretoria Radiocarbon dates III. Radiocarbon 28: 1133-117,
  
}
@misc{Taylor M.O.V. 1979. Wildebeestfontein: a late Iron Age site in the southeast Transvaal.Goodwin Series (3) pp.120-129.,
  
}
@misc{Opperman H. 1987.The Later Stone Age of the Drakensberg range and its foothills(Vol. 339). British Archaeological Reports: Oxford.,
  
}
@misc{Humphreys AJ and Thackeray AI. 1983.Ghaap and Gariep: Later Stone Age studies in the northern Cape(No. 2). South African Archaeological Society:Cape Town.,
  
}
@misc{Deacon J. 1984. The Later Stone Age of Southernmost Africa (Vol. 213). British Archaeological Reports: Oxford.,
  
}
@misc{de Villiers H. and Wilson M.L. 1982. Human burials from Byneskranskop Bredasdorp District Cape Province South Africa. Ann SAfrMus88:205–248,
  
}
@misc{Beaumont PB and Vogel JC. 1984. Spatial patterning of the Ceramic Later Stone Age in the northern Cape South Africa. In: Hall M. Avery G. Avery D.M. Wilson M.L. & Humphreys A.J.B. (eds) Frontiers: Southern African Archaeology Today: 80-95. Oxford: British Archaeological Reports International Series 207,
  
}
@misc{Beaumont PB and Vogel JC. 1989. Patterns in the age and context of rock art in the northern Cape.The South African Archaeological Bulletin 44(150):73-81.,
  
}
@misc{Simmons 1991 683,
  
}
@misc{Mazel A.D. 1988. Nkupe Shelter: report on excavations in the eastern Biggarsbeg Thukela Basin Natal South Africa.Annals of the Natal Museum29(2) pp.321-377.,
  
}
@misc{Lee-Thorp J.A. and Ecker M. 2015. Holocene environmental change at wonderwerk cave South Africa: Insights from stable light isotopes in ostrich eggshell.African Archaeological Review32(4) pp.793-811.,
  
}
@misc{Sealy J. Ludwig B. and Henderson Z. 2006. New radiocarbon dates for Matjes River rock shelter.The South African Archaeological Bulletin pp.98-101.,
  
}
@misc{Döckel W. 1998.Re-investigation of the Matjes River rock shelter(Masters dissertation Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University).,
  
}

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---
:bibtex_key: Beaumont PB. 1990. Wonderwerk Cave. In Beaumont P. B. and Morris D. (eds.)Guide
  to Archaeological Sites in the Northern Cape Southern African Association of Archaeologists
  Kimberley pp. 101–134.
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
- :bibtex_key: p3k14c
  :bibtex_type: :article
  :title: "{P3k14c, a Synthetic Global Database of Archaeological Radiocarbon Dates}"
  :author: "{Bird, Darcy and Miranda, Lux and Vander Linden, Marc and Robinson, Erick
    and Bocinsky, R. Kyle and Nicholson, Chris and Capriles, José M. and Finley, Judson
    Byrd and Gayo, Eugenia M. and Gil, Adolfo and d’Alpoim Guedes, Jade and Hoggarth,
    Julie A. and Kay, Andrea and Loftus, Emma and Lombardo, Umberto and Mackie, Madeline
    and Palmisano, Alessio and Solheim, Steinar and Kelly, Robert L. and Freeman,
    Jacob}"
  :year: "{2022}"
  :month: "{jan}"
  :journal: "{Scientific Data}"
  :volume: "{9}"
  :number: "{1}"
  :pages: "{27}"
  :publisher: "{Nature Publishing Group}"
  :issn: "{2052-4463}"
  :doi: "{10.1038/s41597-022-01118-7}"
  :abstract: "{Archaeologists increasingly use large radiocarbon databases to model
    prehistoric human demography (also termed paleo-demography). Numerous independent
    projects, funded over the past decade, have assembled such databases from multiple
    regions of the world. These data provide unprecedented potential for comparative
    research on human population ecology and the evolution of social-ecological systems
    across the Earth. However, these databases have been developed using different
    sample selection criteria, which has resulted in interoperability issues for global-scale,
    comparative paleo-demographic research and integration with paleoclimate and paleoenvironmental
    data. We present a synthetic, global-scale archaeological radiocarbon database
    composed of 180,070 radiocarbon dates that have been cleaned according to a standardized
    sample selection criteria. This database increases the reusability of archaeological
    radiocarbon data and streamlines quality control assessments for various types
    of paleo-demographic research. As part of an assessment of data quality, we conduct
    two analyses of sampling bias in the global database at multiple scales. This
    database is ideal for paleo-demographic research focused on dates-as-data, bayesian
    modeling, or summed probability distribution methodologies.}"
  :copyright: "{2022 The Author(s)}"
  :langid: "{english}"
  :keywords: "{Archaeology,Chemistry}"
  :month_numeric: "{1}"
---
:bibtex_key: ecker2017rdc
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: butzer1978cpe
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: vogel1986prd
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: beaumont1990w
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: humphreys1983ggl
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: leethorp2015hec
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Ecker M. Brink J. Chazan M. Horwitz L.K. and Lee-Thorp J.A. 2017. Radiocarbon
  Dates Constrain the Timing of Environmental and Cultural Shifts in the Holocene
  Strata of Wonderwerk Cave South Africa.Radiocarbon pp.1-20.
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: SARD
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Higham et al. 2015
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: ORAU (Archaeometry Datelist 18)
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Butzer K.W. Struckenrath R. Bruzewicz A.J. Helgren D.M. 1978. Late Cenozoic
  paleoclimates of the Ghaap Escarpment Kalahari margin South Africa. Quaternary Research
  10 310–339.
: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: 'Taylor M.O.V. 1979. Wildebeestfontein: a late Iron Age site in the southeast
  Transvaal.Goodwin Series (3) pp.120-129.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Opperman H. 1987.The Later Stone Age of the Drakensberg range and its
  foothills(Vol. 339). British Archaeological Reports: Oxford.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Humphreys AJ and Thackeray AI. 1983.Ghaap and Gariep: Later Stone Age
  studies in the northern Cape(No. 2). South African Archaeological Society:Cape Town.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Deacon J. 1984. The Later Stone Age of Southernmost Africa (Vol. 213).
  British Archaeological Reports: Oxford.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: de Villiers H. and Wilson M.L. 1982. Human burials from Byneskranskop
  Bredasdorp District Cape Province South Africa. Ann SAfrMus88:205–248
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Beaumont PB and Vogel JC. 1984. Spatial patterning of the Ceramic Later
  Stone Age in the northern Cape South Africa. In: Hall M. Avery G. Avery D.M. Wilson
  M.L. & Humphreys A.J.B. (eds) Frontiers: Southern African Archaeology Today: 80-95.
  Oxford: British Archaeological Reports International Series 207'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Beaumont PB and Vogel JC. 1989. Patterns in the age and context of rock
  art in the northern Cape.The South African Archaeological Bulletin 44(150):73-81.
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Simmons 1991 683
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Mazel A.D. 1988. Nkupe Shelter: report on excavations in the eastern
  Biggarsbeg Thukela Basin Natal South Africa.Annals of the Natal Museum29(2) pp.321-377.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Lee-Thorp J.A. and Ecker M. 2015. Holocene environmental change at wonderwerk
  cave South Africa: Insights from stable light isotopes in ostrich eggshell.African
  Archaeological Review32(4) pp.793-811.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Sealy J. Ludwig B. and Henderson Z. 2006. New radiocarbon dates for Matjes
  River rock shelter.The South African Archaeological Bulletin pp.98-101.
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Döckel W. 1998.Re-investigation of the Matjes River rock shelter(Masters
  dissertation Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University).'
:bibtex_type: :misc

Changelog