Site types
Cave, cultural layer, and

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
NA
Coordinates (DMS)
NA
Country (ISO 3166)
Italy (IT)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (12)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
R-904 charcoal NA NA 5770±60 BP 6729–6407 cal BP Stacul 1976
R-902 layer 4 charcoal NA NA 3820±50 BP 4405–4090 cal BP Alessio et al. 1978; Pearce 2013a Palmisano et al. 2022
R-903 layer 5 charcoal NA NA 3720±50 BP 4234–3910 cal BP Alessio et al. 1978; Pearce 2013a Palmisano et al. 2022
R-904 Danilo/Vlaska;layer 8 charcoal NA NA 5770±60 BP 6729–6407 cal BP Pinhasi et al. 2005 Palmisano et al. 2022
R-904 charcoal NA 14C 5770±60 BP 6729–6407 cal BP Müller 1991, 354 Weninger 2022
R-904a charcoal NA 14C 5770±50 BP 6670–6445 cal BP Weninger 2022
R-904a layer 8 charcoal NA NA 5770±50 BP 6670–6445 cal BP Allegri et al. 1987 Hinz et al. 2012
R-902 charcoal NA NA 3820±50 BP 4405–4090 cal BP Radiocarbon 1978, 86 Kneisel, Hinz, and Rinne 2014
R-903a charcoal NA NA 3720±50 BP 4234–3910 cal BP Radiocarbon 1978, 87 Kneisel, Hinz, and Rinne 2014
R-902 charcoal NA NA 3820±50 BP 4405–4090 cal BP Radiocarbon 1978 86 Bird et al. 2022
R-903a charcoal NA NA 3720±50 BP 4234–3910 cal BP Radiocarbon 1978 87 Bird et al. 2022
R-904a charcoal NA NA 5770±50 BP 6670–6445 cal BP Allegri et al. 1987 Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (9)

Classification Estimated age References
EarlyNeolithic NA Stacul 1976
Vlaska NA NA
Neolithic NA Müller 1991, 354
Danilo/Vlaska NA NA
Neolithic NA NA
Danilo/Vlaska NA NA
Early NA Allegri et al. 1987
Neolithikum NA NA
Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age NA Radiocarbon 1978, 87

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

  • No bibliographic information available. [Stacul 1976]
  • No bibliographic information available. [Alessio et al. 1978; Pearce 2013a]
  • No bibliographic information available. [Pinhasi et al. 2005]
  • No bibliographic information available. [Müller 1991, 354]
  • No bibliographic information available. [Allegri et al. 1987]
  • No bibliographic information available. [Radiocarbon 1978, 86]
  • No bibliographic information available. [Radiocarbon 1978, 87]
  • No bibliographic information available. [Radiocarbon 1978 86]
  • No bibliographic information available. [Radiocarbon 1978 87]
  • https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4541470 [AgriChange]
  • Palmisano, A., Bevan, A., Kabelindde, A., Roberts, N., & Shennan, S. (2022). AIDA: Archive of Italian Radiocarbon Dates (Version 5.0) [Data set]. https://github.com/apalmisano82/AIDA [AIDA]
  • Weninger, B. (2022). CalPal Edition 2022.9. Zenodo. https://doi.org/1010.5281/zenodo.7422618 [CalPal2022]
  • Hinz, M., Furholt, M., Müller, J., Raetzel-Fabian, D., Rinne, C., Sjögren, K.-G., & Wotzka, H.-P. (2012). RADON - Radiocarbon Dates Online 2012. Central European Database of 14C Dates for the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age. Journal of Neolithic Archaeology, 14, 1–4. https://www.jna.uni-kiel.de/index.php/jna/article/view/65/116 [RADON]
  • Kneisel, J., Hinz, M., & Rinne, C. (2014). RADON-B – Radiocarbon Dates Online (Version 2014). Database for European 14C Dates for the Bronze and Early Iron Age [Data set]. https://radon-b.ufg.uni-kiel.de [RADON-B]
  • Bird, D., Miranda, L., Vander Linden, M., Robinson, E., Bocinsky, R. K., Nicholson, C., Capriles, J. M., Finley, J. B., Gayo, E. M., Gil, A., d’Alpoim Guedes, J., Hoggarth, J. A., Kay, A., Loftus, E., Lombardo, U., Mackie, M., Palmisano, A., Solheim, S., Kelly, R. L., & Freeman, J. (2022). P3k14c, a Synthetic Global Database of Archaeological Radiocarbon Dates. Scientific Data, 9(1), 27. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01118-7 [p3k14c]
@misc{Stacul 1976,
  
}
@misc{Alessio et al. 1978; Pearce 2013a,
  
}
@misc{Pinhasi et al. 2005,
  
}
@misc{Müller 1991, 354,
  
}
@misc{Allegri et al. 1987,
  
}
@misc{Radiocarbon 1978, 86,
  
}
@misc{Radiocarbon 1978, 87,
  
}
@misc{Radiocarbon 1978 86,
  
}
@misc{Radiocarbon 1978 87,
  
}
@misc{AgriChange,
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4541470},
  note = {Martínez-Grau, Héctor, Morell-Rovira, Berta, & Antolín, Ferran. (2020). Radiocarbon dates associated to Neolithic contexts (ca. 5900 – 2000 cal BC) from the northwestern Mediterranean Arch to the High Rhine area [Data set]. In Journal of Open Archaeology Data (Vol. 9, Number 1, pp. 1–10). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4541470}
}
@dataset{AIDA,
  title = {AIDA: Archive of Italian Radiocarbon Dates},
  author = {Palmisano, Alessio and Bevan, Andrew and Kabelindde, A. and Roberts, N. and Shennan, S.},
  date = {2022-04-09},
  url = {https://github.com/apalmisano82/AIDA},
  version = {5.0}
}
@misc{CalPal,
  title = {CalPal Edition 2022.9},
  author = {Weninger, Bernie},
  year = {2022},
  month = {sep},
  doi = {1010.5281/zenodo.7422618},
  url = {https://zenodo.org/record/7422618},
  abstract = {CalPal is scientific freeware for 14C-based chronological research for Holocene and Palaeolithic Archaeology.},
  copyright = {Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, Open Access},
  howpublished = {Zenodo},
  month_numeric = {9}
}
@article{RADON,
  title = {RADON - Radiocarbon Dates Online 2012. Central European Database of 14C Dates for the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age.},
  author = {Hinz, Martin and Furholt, Martin and Müller, Johannes and Raetzel-Fabian, Dirk and Rinne, Christophe and Sjögren, Karl-Göran and Wotzka, Hans-Peter},
  date = {2012},
  journaltitle = {Journal of Neolithic Archaeology},
  volume = {14},
  pages = {1–4},
  url = {https://www.jna.uni-kiel.de/index.php/jna/article/view/65/116},
  abstract = {In order to understand the dynamics of cultural phenomena, scientific dating in archaeology is an increasingly indispensable tool. Only by dating independently of typology is it possible to understand typological development itself (Müller 2004). Here radiometric dating methods, especially those based on carbon isotopy, still play the most important role. For evaluations exceeding the intra-site level, it is particularly important that such data is collected in large numbers and that the dates are easily accessible. Also, new statistical analyses, such as sequential calibration based on Bayesian methods, do not require single dates, but rather demand a greater number. By their combination significantly more elaborate results can be achieved compared to the results from conventional evaluation (e. g. Whittle et al. 2011). A second premise of RADON is that of „Open Access“. This approach continues to be applied in the international research community, which we welcome as a highly positive development. The radiocarbon database RADON has been committed to this principle for more than 12 years. In this database 14C data – primarily of the Neolithic of Central Europe and Southern Scandinavia – is collected and successively augmented.}
}
@dataset{RADON-B,
  title = {RADON-B – Radiocarbon Dates Online (Version 2014).  Database for European 14C Dates for the Bronze and Early Iron Age},
  author = {Kneisel, Jutta and Hinz, Martin and Rinne, Christophe},
  date = {2014},
  url = {https://radon-b.ufg.uni-kiel.de},
  abstract = {The database provides a quick overview of 14C dates from Europe. The time frame was limited to the Bronze and Early Iron Ages and covers the period from 2300 BC to 500 BC. The database can be searched by geographic or chronological factors, but also according to the nature of the sample material, the sites or features. The data and related information were taken from the literature cited in each case, and due to the timing of phases and culture assignment, are subject to change. We therefore assume no responsibility for the accuracy of source data.}
}
@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}
}
{"bibtex_key":"Stacul 1976","bibtex_type":"misc"}{"bibtex_key":"Alessio et al. 1978; Pearce 2013a","bibtex_type":"misc"}{"bibtex_key":"Pinhasi et al. 2005","bibtex_type":"misc"}{"bibtex_key":"Müller 1991, 354","bibtex_type":"misc"}{"bibtex_key":"Allegri et al. 1987","bibtex_type":"misc"}{"bibtex_key":"Radiocarbon 1978, 86","bibtex_type":"misc"}{"bibtex_key":"Radiocarbon 1978, 87","bibtex_type":"misc"}{"bibtex_key":"Radiocarbon 1978 86","bibtex_type":"misc"}{"bibtex_key":"Radiocarbon 1978 87","bibtex_type":"misc"}[{"bibtex_key":"AgriChange","bibtex_type":"misc","url":"{https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4541470}","note":"{Martínez-Grau, Héctor, Morell-Rovira, Berta, & Antolín, Ferran. (2020). Radiocarbon dates associated to Neolithic contexts (ca. 5900 – 2000 cal BC) from the northwestern Mediterranean Arch to the High Rhine area [Data set]. In Journal of Open Archaeology Data (Vol. 9, Number 1, pp. 1–10). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4541470}"}][{"bibtex_key":"AIDA","bibtex_type":"dataset","title":"{AIDA: Archive of Italian Radiocarbon Dates}","author":"{Palmisano, Alessio and Bevan, Andrew and Kabelindde, A. and Roberts, N. and Shennan, S.}","date":"{2022-04-09}","url":"{https://github.com/apalmisano82/AIDA}","version":"{5.0}"}][{"bibtex_key":"CalPal","bibtex_type":"misc","title":"{CalPal Edition 2022.9}","author":"{Weninger, Bernie}","year":"{2022}","month":"{sep}","doi":"{1010.5281/zenodo.7422618}","url":"{https://zenodo.org/record/7422618}","abstract":"{CalPal is scientific freeware for 14C-based chronological research for Holocene and Palaeolithic Archaeology.}","copyright":"{Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, Open Access}","howpublished":"{Zenodo}","month_numeric":"{9}"}][{"bibtex_key":"RADON","bibtex_type":"article","title":"{RADON - Radiocarbon Dates Online 2012. Central European Database of 14C Dates for the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age.}","author":"{Hinz, Martin and Furholt, Martin and Müller, Johannes and Raetzel-Fabian, Dirk and Rinne, Christophe and Sjögren, Karl-Göran and Wotzka, Hans-Peter}","date":"{2012}","journaltitle":"{Journal of Neolithic Archaeology}","volume":"{14}","pages":"{1–4}","url":"{https://www.jna.uni-kiel.de/index.php/jna/article/view/65/116}","abstract":"{In order to understand the dynamics of cultural phenomena, scientific dating in archaeology is an increasingly indispensable tool. Only by dating independently of typology is it possible to understand typological development itself (Müller 2004). Here radiometric dating methods, especially those based on carbon isotopy, still play the most important role. For evaluations exceeding the intra-site level, it is particularly important that such data is collected in large numbers and that the dates are easily accessible. Also, new statistical analyses, such as sequential calibration based on Bayesian methods, do not require single dates, but rather demand a greater number. By their combination significantly more elaborate results can be achieved compared to the results from conventional evaluation (e. g. Whittle et al. 2011). A second premise of RADON is that of „Open Access“. This approach continues to be applied in the international research community, which we welcome as a highly positive development. The radiocarbon database RADON has been committed to this principle for more than 12 years. In this database 14C data – primarily of the Neolithic of Central Europe and Southern Scandinavia – is collected and successively augmented.}"}][{"bibtex_key":"RADON-B","bibtex_type":"dataset","title":"{RADON-B – Radiocarbon Dates Online (Version 2014).  Database for European 14C Dates for the Bronze and Early Iron Age}","author":"{Kneisel, Jutta and Hinz, Martin and Rinne, Christophe}","date":"{2014}","url":"{https://radon-b.ufg.uni-kiel.de}","abstract":"{The database provides a quick overview of 14C dates from Europe. The time frame was limited to the Bronze and Early Iron Ages and covers the period from 2300 BC to 500 BC. The database can be searched by geographic or chronological factors, but also according to the nature of the sample material, the sites or features. The data and related information were taken from the literature cited in each case, and due to the timing of phases and culture assignment, are subject to change. We therefore assume no responsibility for the accuracy of source data.}"}][{"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: Stacul 1976
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Alessio et al. 1978; Pearce 2013a
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Pinhasi et al. 2005
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Müller 1991, 354
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Allegri et al. 1987
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Radiocarbon 1978, 86
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Radiocarbon 1978, 87
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Radiocarbon 1978 86
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Radiocarbon 1978 87
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
- :bibtex_key: AgriChange
  :bibtex_type: :misc
  :url: "{https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4541470}"
  :note: "{Martínez-Grau, Héctor, Morell-Rovira, Berta, & Antolín, Ferran. (2020).
    Radiocarbon dates associated to Neolithic contexts (ca. 5900 – 2000 cal BC) from
    the northwestern Mediterranean Arch to the High Rhine area [Data set]. In Journal
    of Open Archaeology Data (Vol. 9, Number 1, pp. 1–10). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4541470}"
---
- :bibtex_key: AIDA
  :bibtex_type: :dataset
  :title: "{AIDA: Archive of Italian Radiocarbon Dates}"
  :author: "{Palmisano, Alessio and Bevan, Andrew and Kabelindde, A. and Roberts,
    N. and Shennan, S.}"
  :date: "{2022-04-09}"
  :url: "{https://github.com/apalmisano82/AIDA}"
  :version: "{5.0}"
---
- :bibtex_key: CalPal
  :bibtex_type: :misc
  :title: "{CalPal Edition 2022.9}"
  :author: "{Weninger, Bernie}"
  :year: "{2022}"
  :month: "{sep}"
  :doi: "{1010.5281/zenodo.7422618}"
  :url: "{https://zenodo.org/record/7422618}"
  :abstract: "{CalPal is scientific freeware for 14C-based chronological research
    for Holocene and Palaeolithic Archaeology.}"
  :copyright: "{Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, Open Access}"
  :howpublished: "{Zenodo}"
  :month_numeric: "{9}"
---
- :bibtex_key: RADON
  :bibtex_type: :article
  :title: "{RADON - Radiocarbon Dates Online 2012. Central European Database of 14C
    Dates for the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age.}"
  :author: "{Hinz, Martin and Furholt, Martin and Müller, Johannes and Raetzel-Fabian,
    Dirk and Rinne, Christophe and Sjögren, Karl-Göran and Wotzka, Hans-Peter}"
  :date: "{2012}"
  :journaltitle: "{Journal of Neolithic Archaeology}"
  :volume: "{14}"
  :pages: "{1–4}"
  :url: "{https://www.jna.uni-kiel.de/index.php/jna/article/view/65/116}"
  :abstract: "{In order to understand the dynamics of cultural phenomena, scientific
    dating in archaeology is an increasingly indispensable tool. Only by dating independently
    of typology is it possible to understand typological development itself (Müller
    2004). Here radiometric dating methods, especially those based on carbon isotopy,
    still play the most important role. For evaluations exceeding the intra-site level,
    it is particularly important that such data is collected in large numbers and
    that the dates are easily accessible. Also, new statistical analyses, such as
    sequential calibration based on Bayesian methods, do not require single dates,
    but rather demand a greater number. By their combination significantly more elaborate
    results can be achieved compared to the results from conventional evaluation (e.
    g. Whittle et al. 2011). A second premise of RADON is that of „Open Access“. This
    approach continues to be applied in the international research community, which
    we welcome as a highly positive development. The radiocarbon database RADON has
    been committed to this principle for more than 12 years. In this database 14C
    data – primarily of the Neolithic of Central Europe and Southern Scandinavia –
    is collected and successively augmented.}"
---
- :bibtex_key: RADON-B
  :bibtex_type: :dataset
  :title: "{RADON-B – Radiocarbon Dates Online (Version 2014).  Database for European
    14C Dates for the Bronze and Early Iron Age}"
  :author: "{Kneisel, Jutta and Hinz, Martin and Rinne, Christophe}"
  :date: "{2014}"
  :url: "{https://radon-b.ufg.uni-kiel.de}"
  :abstract: "{The database provides a quick overview of 14C dates from Europe. The
    time frame was limited to the Bronze and Early Iron Ages and covers the period
    from 2300 BC to 500 BC. The database can be searched by geographic or chronological
    factors, but also according to the nature of the sample material, the sites or
    features. The data and related information were taken from the literature cited
    in each case, and due to the timing of phases and culture assignment, are subject
    to change. We therefore assume no responsibility for the accuracy of source data.}"
---
- :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}"

Changelog