Site types
Cave and

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
043.278° N, 001.515° W
Coordinates (DMS)
043° 16' 00" W, 001° 30' 00" N
Country (ISO 3166)
Spain (ES)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (21)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
GrN-16510 NA 14C 8130±200 BP 9523–8549 cal BP Gehlen 2010 Weninger 2022
GrN-16618 NA 14C 8510±90 BP 9685–9295 cal BP Gehlen 2010 Weninger 2022
GrN-16619 NA 14C 8470±80 BP 9551–9285 cal BP Gehlen 2010 Weninger 2022
BM-2375 habitat bone collagen NA 14C 14430±290 BP 18263–16830 cal BP Ambers et al. 1987 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
GrN-21625 habitat NA AMS 13580±140 BP 16880–15993 cal BP Arribas 2006 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
BM-2373 habitat bone collagen NA 14C 13270±220 BP 16579–15295 cal BP Ambers et al. 1987 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
GrN-20320 habitat NA AMS 12500±90 BP 15107–14290 cal BP Arribas 2006 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
OxA-949 habitat antler, retoucher NA AMS 11900±130 BP 14052–13503 cal BP Hedges et al. 1987 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
BM-2370 habitat bone collagen NA 14C 11750±300 BP 14812–13008 cal BP Ambers et al. 1987 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
OxA-978 habitat antler, spearhead NA AMS 11600±130 BP 13754–13188 cal BP Hedges et al. 1987 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
/c14s/133048 habitat NA 14C 11320±220 BP 13593–12766 cal BP “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
BM-2371 habitat bone collagen NA 14C 10160±410 BP 12823–10591 cal BP Ambers et al. 1987 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
/c14s/133050 habitat NA 14C 10100±190 BP 12470–11205 cal BP “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
BM-2370 bone Coelodonta antiquitatis Linty NA NA 11750±300 BP 14812–13008 cal BP Renault-Miskovsky J. Leroi-Gourhan Arl. 1981. Bull. AFEQ vol 3-4 : 121-128. Ambers 1987 Bird et al. 2022
BM-2372 NA NA 13270±220 BP 16579–15295 cal BP Corchon Rodriguez S. 1995. Zephyrus 48: 3-19. Bird et al. 2022
GrN-16510 NA NA 8130±200 BP 9523–8549 cal BP Gehlen 2010 Bird et al. 2022
GrN-16511 NA NA 7640±190 BP 8983–8036 cal BP Gehlen 2010 Bird et al. 2022
GrN-16618 NA NA 8510±90 BP 9685–9295 cal BP Gehlen 2010 Bird et al. 2022
GrN-16619 NA NA 8470±80 BP 9551–9285 cal BP Gehlen 2010 Bird et al. 2022
GrN-21625 NA NA 13580±140 BP 16880–15993 cal BP Banadora Higham 2010. PNAS1007963107. Zilhao 2011. Before Farming 3. Hublin 2012. PNAS 109: 18745. Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (23)

Classification Estimated age References
Epipalaeolithic NA Gehlen 2010
Epipalaeolithic NA Gehlen 2010
Neolithic? NA Gehlen 2010
Upper Paleolithic NA Ambers et al. 1987
Magdalenian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Arribas 2006
Magdalenian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Ambers et al. 1987
Magdalenian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Arribas 2006
Magdalenian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Hedges et al. 1987
Magdalenian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Ambers et al. 1987
Magdalenian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Hedges et al. 1987
Magdalenian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA NA
Magdalenian NA NA
Epipaleolithic NA Ambers et al. 1987

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{Gehlen 2010,
  
}
@misc{Ambers et al. 1987,
  
}
@misc{Arribas 2006,
  
}
@misc{Hedges et al. 1987,
  
}
@misc{Renault-Miskovsky J. Leroi-Gourhan Arl. 1981. Bull. AFEQ vol 3-4 : 121-128. Ambers  1987,
  
}
@misc{Corchon Rodriguez S. 1995. Zephyrus 48: 3-19.,
  
}
@misc{Banadora Higham  2010. PNAS1007963107. Zilhao  2011. Before Farming 3. Hublin  2012. PNAS 109: 18745.,
  
}
@article{Vermeersch2020,
  title = {Radiocarbon Palaeolithic Europe Database: A Regularly Updated Dataset of the Radiometric Data Regarding the Palaeolithic of Europe, Siberia Included},
  author = {Vermeersch, Pierre M},
  year = {2020},
  month = {aug},
  journal = {Data Brief},
  volume = {31},
  pages = {105793},
  issn = {2352-3409},
  doi = {10.1016/j.dib.2020.105793},
  abstract = {At the Berlin INQUA Congress (1995) a working group, European Late Pleistocene Isotopic Stages 2 & 3: Humans, Their Ecology & Cultural Adaptations, was established under the direction of J. Renault-Miskovsky (Institut de Paléontologie humaine, Paris). One of the objectives was building a database of the human occupation of Europe during this period. The database has been enlarged and now includes Lower, Middle and Upper Palaeolithic sites connecting them to their environmental conditions and the available chronometric dating. From version 14 on, only sites with chronometric data were included. In this database we have collected the available radiometric data from literature and from other more restricted databases. We try to incorporate newly published chronometric dates, collected from all kind of available publications. Only dates older than 9500 uncalibrated BP, correlated with a "cultural" level obtained by scientific excavations of European (Asian Russian Federation included) Palaeolithic sites, have been included. The dates are complemented with information related to cultural remains, stratigraphic, sedimentologic and palaeontologic information within a Microsoft Access database. For colleagues mainly interested in a list of all chronometric dates an Microsoft Excel list (with no details) is available (Tab. 1). A file, containing all sites with known coordinates, that can be opened for immediate use in Google Earth is available as a *.kmz file. It will give the possibility to introduce (by file open) in Google Earth the whole site list in "My Places". The database, version 27 (first version was available in 2002), contains now 13,202 site forms, (most of them with their geographical coordinates), comprising 17,022 radiometric data: Conv. 14C and AMS 14C (13,144 items), TL (678 items), OSL (1050 items), ESR, Th/U and AAR (2150 items) from the Lower, Middle and Upper Palaeolithic. All 14C dates are conventional dates BP. This improved version 27 replaces the older version 26.},
  month_numeric = {8}
}
@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{dErricoEtAl2011,
  title = {PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database},
  author = {},
  date = {2011},
  journaltitle = {PaleoAnthropology},
  volume = {2011},
  pages = {1–12},
  abstract = {Numerous Paleolithic radiocarbon databases exist, but their geographic and temporal scopes are diverse and their availability variable. With this paper we make available to the scientific community a georeferenced database of radiocarbon ages for the late Middle Paleolithic, Upper Paleolithic, and initial Holocene in Europe. The PACEA radiocarbon database consists of conventional and AMS 14C age determinations from archaeological sites in Europe that fall within Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 3–1. In all, we have assembled 6,019 radiocarbon ages (conventional=3,820, AMS=2,176, unspecified=23) from a total of 1,208 sites, along with comprehensive contextual information on the dated samples.},
  keywords = {⛔ No DOI found},
  file = {/home/joeroe/g/work/library/2011/d’Errico_et_al_2011.pdf}
}
@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}
}
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:bibtex_key: Gehlen 2010
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:bibtex_key: Ambers et al. 1987
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Arribas 2006
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Hedges et al. 1987
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Renault-Miskovsky J. Leroi-Gourhan Arl. 1981. Bull. AFEQ vol 3-4 : 121-128.
  Ambers  1987'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Corchon Rodriguez S. 1995. Zephyrus 48: 3-19.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Banadora Higham  2010. PNAS1007963107. Zilhao  2011. Before Farming
  3. Hublin  2012. PNAS 109: 18745.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
- :bibtex_key: Vermeersch2020
  :bibtex_type: :article
  :title: "{Radiocarbon Palaeolithic Europe Database: A Regularly Updated Dataset
    of the Radiometric Data Regarding the Palaeolithic of Europe, Siberia Included}"
  :author: "{Vermeersch, Pierre M}"
  :year: "{2020}"
  :month: "{aug}"
  :journal: "{Data Brief}"
  :volume: "{31}"
  :pages: "{105793}"
  :issn: "{2352-3409}"
  :doi: "{10.1016/j.dib.2020.105793}"
  :abstract: '{At the Berlin INQUA Congress (1995) a working group, European Late
    Pleistocene Isotopic Stages 2 & 3: Humans, Their Ecology & Cultural Adaptations,
    was established under the direction of J. Renault-Miskovsky (Institut de Paléontologie
    humaine, Paris). One of the objectives was building a database of the human occupation
    of Europe during this period. The database has been enlarged and now includes
    Lower, Middle and Upper Palaeolithic sites connecting them to their environmental
    conditions and the available chronometric dating. From version 14 on, only sites
    with chronometric data were included. In this database we have collected the available
    radiometric data from literature and from other more restricted databases. We
    try to incorporate newly published chronometric dates, collected from all kind
    of available publications. Only dates older than 9500 uncalibrated BP, correlated
    with a "cultural" level obtained by scientific excavations of European (Asian
    Russian Federation included) Palaeolithic sites, have been included. The dates
    are complemented with information related to cultural remains, stratigraphic,
    sedimentologic and palaeontologic information within a Microsoft Access database.
    For colleagues mainly interested in a list of all chronometric dates an Microsoft
    Excel list (with no details) is available (Tab. 1). A file, containing all sites
    with known coordinates, that can be opened for immediate use in Google Earth is
    available as a *.kmz file. It will give the possibility to introduce (by file
    open) in Google Earth the whole site list in "My Places". The database, version
    27 (first version was available in 2002), contains now 13,202 site forms, (most
    of them with their geographical coordinates), comprising 17,022 radiometric data:
    Conv. 14C and AMS 14C (13,144 items), TL (678 items), OSL (1050 items), ESR, Th/U
    and AAR (2150 items) from the Lower, Middle and Upper Palaeolithic. All 14C dates
    are conventional dates BP. This improved version 27 replaces the older version
    26.}'
  :month_numeric: "{8}"
---
- :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: dErricoEtAl2011
  :bibtex_type: :article
  :title: "{PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database}"
  :author: "{}"
  :date: "{2011}"
  :journaltitle: "{PaleoAnthropology}"
  :volume: "{2011}"
  :pages: "{1–12}"
  :abstract: "{Numerous Paleolithic radiocarbon databases exist, but their geographic
    and temporal scopes are diverse and their availability variable. With this paper
    we make available to the scientific community a georeferenced database of radiocarbon
    ages for the late Middle Paleolithic, Upper Paleolithic, and initial Holocene
    in Europe. The PACEA radiocarbon database consists of conventional and AMS 14C
    age determinations from archaeological sites in Europe that fall within Marine
    Isotope Stages (MIS) 3–1. In all, we have assembled 6,019 radiocarbon ages (conventional=3,820,
    AMS=2,176, unspecified=23) from a total of 1,208 sites, along with comprehensive
    contextual information on the dated samples.}"
  :keywords: "{⛔ No DOI found}"
  :file: "{/home/joeroe/g/work/library/2011/d’Errico_et_al_2011.pdf}"
---
- :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}"

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