Site types
Settlement and

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
035.820° N, 036.460° E
Coordinates (DMS)
035° 49' 00" E, 036° 27' 00" N
Country (ISO 3166)
Syrian Arab Republic (SY)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (11)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
Ly-6548 Layer 10 charcoal NA NA 8070±275 BP 9545–8361 cal BP Iwasaki and Tsuneki 2003; CalPal; Flohr et al. 2016 Palmisano et al. 2022
Ly-12087 NA wood NA 14C 7830±50 BP 8852–8455 cal BP PPND, CONTEXT Weninger 2022
Ly-2554 NA charcoal NA 14C 8235±40 BP 9400–9029 cal BP PPND, CONTEXT Weninger 2022
Ly-2860 NA organic material NA 14C 9185±55 BP 10496–10239 cal BP PPND, CONTEXT Weninger 2022
Ly-6545 NA charcoal NA 14C 8680±355 BP 10655–8729 cal BP Iwasaki and Tsuneki (eds.) 2003, Appendix 1 Weninger 2022
Ly-6548 NA charcoal NA 14C 8070±275 BP 9545–8361 cal BP Iwasaki and Tsuneki (eds.) 2003, Appendix 1 Weninger 2022
N-6548 NA charcoal NA NA 8070±275 BP 9545–8361 cal BP Iwasaki and Tsuneki (eds.) 2003
N-6545 NA charcoal NA NA 8680±355 BP 10655–8729 cal BP Iwasaki and Tsuneki (eds.) 2003
N-6548 NA NA NA NA 8070±275 BP 9545–8361 cal BP Tsuneki and Miyake 1996 Palmisano et al. 2022
Ly-6545 NA charcoal NA NA 8680±355 BP 10655–8729 cal BP Iwasaki and Tsuneki (eds.) 2003 Appendix 1 Bird et al. 2022
N-6545 NA charcoal NA NA 8680±355 BP 10655–8729 cal BP Iwasaki and Tsuneki (eds.) 2003 Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (14)

Classification Estimated age References
Neolithic NA PPND, CONTEXT
LN NA NA
Neolithic NA PPND, CONTEXT
EN NA NA
Neolithic NA PPND, CONTEXT
EN NA NA
Neolithic NA Iwasaki and Tsuneki (eds.) 2003, Appendix 1
PPNB NA NA
Neolithic NA Iwasaki and Tsuneki (eds.) 2003, Appendix 1
PPNB NA NA
ACN NA Iwasaki and Tsuneki (eds.) 2003
LPPNB NA NA
ACN NA Iwasaki and Tsuneki (eds.) 2003
LPPNB NA NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

  • No bibliographic information available. [Iwasaki and Tsuneki (eds.) 2003, Appendix 1]
  • No bibliographic information available. [PPND, CONTEXT]
  • No bibliographic information available. [Iwasaki and Tsuneki (eds.) 2003]
  • No bibliographic information available. [Iwasaki and Tsuneki 2003; CalPal; Flohr et al. 2016]
  • No bibliographic information available. [Tsuneki and Miyake 1996]
  • No bibliographic information available. [Iwasaki and Tsuneki (eds.) 2003 Appendix 1]
  • 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]
  • Palmisano, A., Bevan, A., Lawrence, D., & Shennan, S. (2022). The NERD Dataset: Near East Radiocarbon Dates between 15,000 and 1,500 Cal. Yr. BP. 10(0), 2. https://doi.org/10.5334/joad.90 [NERD]
  • Weninger, B. (2022). CalPal Edition 2022.9. Zenodo. https://doi.org/1010.5281/zenodo.7422618 [CalPal2022]
  • http://context-database.uni-koeln.de/index.php [CONTEXT] 
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@misc{Iwasaki and Tsuneki (eds.) 2003,
  
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@misc{Iwasaki and Tsuneki 2003; CalPal; Flohr et al. 2016,
  
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@misc{Tsuneki and Miyake 1996,
  
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@misc{Iwasaki and Tsuneki (eds.) 2003 Appendix 1,
  
}
@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}
}
@article{NERD,
  title = {The NERD Dataset: Near East Radiocarbon Dates between 15,000 and 1,500 Cal. Yr. BP},
  shorttitle = {The NERD Dataset},
  author = {Palmisano, Alessio and Bevan, Andrew and Lawrence, Dan and Shennan, Stephen},
  date = {2022-02-22},
  volume = {10},
  number = {0},
  pages = {2},
  publisher = {Ubiquity Press},
  issn = {2049-1565},
  doi = {10.5334/joad.90},
  url = {https://openarchaeologydata.metajnl.com/articles/10.5334/joad.90},
  urldate = {2023-09-07},
  abstract = {To our knowledge, the dataset described in this paper represents the largest existing repository of uncalibrated radiocarbon dates for the whole Near East from the Late Pleistocene to the Late Holocene (15,000 – 1,500 cal. yr. BP). It is composed of 11,027 radiocarbon dates from 1,023 sites that have been collected comprehensively by cross-checking multiple sources (extant digital archives and databases, edited volumes, monographs, journals papers, archaeological excavation reports, etc.) under the umbrella of the Leverhulme Trust funded project “Changing the Face of the Mediterranean” and of the ERC project “CLASS – Climate, Landscape, Settlement and Society: Exploring Human-Environment Interaction in the Ancient Near East”. This is an ongoing dataset that will be updated step by step with newly published radiocarbon dates.},
  issue = {0},
  langid = {american},
  file = {/home/joeroe/g/work/library/2022/Palmisano_et_al_2022.pdf}
}
@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}
}
@misc{CONTEXT,
  url = {http://context-database.uni-koeln.de/index.php},
  note = {Schyle, D. & Böhner, U. 2006. Near Eastern radiocarbon CONTEXT database. https://doi.org/10.1594/GFZ.CONTEXT.ED1}
}

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  :doi: "{10.1038/s41597-022-01118-7}"
  :abstract: "{Archaeologists increasingly use large radiocarbon databases to model
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    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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  :author: "{Palmisano, Alessio and Bevan, Andrew and Lawrence, Dan and Shennan, Stephen}"
  :date: "{2022-02-22}"
  :volume: "{10}"
  :number: "{0}"
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  :publisher: "{Ubiquity Press}"
  :issn: "{2049-1565}"
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  :abstract: "{To our knowledge, the dataset described in this paper represents the
    largest existing repository of uncalibrated radiocarbon dates for the whole Near
    East from the Late Pleistocene to the Late Holocene (15,000 – 1,500 cal. yr. BP).
    It is composed of 11,027 radiocarbon dates from 1,023 sites that have been collected
    comprehensively by cross-checking multiple sources (extant digital archives and
    databases, edited volumes, monographs, journals papers, archaeological excavation
    reports, etc.) under the umbrella of the Leverhulme Trust funded project “Changing
    the Face of the Mediterranean” and of the ERC project “CLASS – Climate, Landscape,
    Settlement and Society: Exploring Human-Environment Interaction in the Ancient
    Near East”. This is an ongoing dataset that will be updated step by step with
    newly published radiocarbon dates.}"
  :issue: "{0}"
  :langid: "{american}"
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  :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
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  :copyright: "{Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, Open Access}"
  :howpublished: "{Zenodo}"
  :month_numeric: "{9}"
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- :bibtex_key: CONTEXT
  :bibtex_type: :misc
  :url: "{http://context-database.uni-koeln.de/index.php}"
  :note: "{Schyle, D. & Böhner, U. 2006. Near Eastern radiocarbon CONTEXT database.
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Changelog