Site types
Abri/grotte, rock shelter, and

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
036.650° N, 005.430° E
Coordinates (DMS)
036° 39' 00" E, 005° 25' 00" N
Country (ISO 3166)
Algeria (DZ)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (24)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
ALG-4 charcoal NA 14C 10350±350 BP 12970–11110 cal BP Manning et al. 2015 Weninger 2022
ALG-5 charcoal NA 14C 12450±480 BP 16045–13446 cal BP Sari 2014 Weninger 2022
MC-812 charcoal NA 14C 17040±400 BP 21713–19577 cal BP Sari 2014 Weninger 2022
MC-817 charcoal NA 14C 16100±360 BP 20335–18732 cal BP Sari 2014 Weninger 2022
MC-818 charcoal NA 14C 18750±500 BP 23784–21470 cal BP Sari 2014 Weninger 2022
MC-820 charcoal NA 14C 19800±500 BP 25121–22770 cal BP Sari 2014 Weninger 2022
MC-822 charcoal NA 14C 20600±500 BP 25890–23754 cal BP Sari 2014 Weninger 2022
ALG-4 Upper layer, 30-50 cm charcoal NA NA 12450±480 BP 16045–13446 cal BP LubellSheppard.1991Maghreb, Close.1980CurResRecI, Camps.1974TablChron2, CampsDelibrias.1973ChroCiv, RahmouniRoussillot.1970AlgiersI, Brahimi.1969IndLitTamarHat, Camps.1968TablChronPRec
ALG-5 Upper layer, 0-30 cm charcoal NA NA 10350±375 BP 13068–10898 cal BP HogueBarton.2016Microl, LubellSheppard.1991Maghreb, Close.1980CurResRecI, Camps.1974TablChron2, CampsDelibrias.1973ChroCiv, RahmouniRoussillot.1970AlgiersI, Brahimi.1969IndLitTamarHat
IEN 67/31 charbon NA LSC (scintillation) 10350±375 BP 13068–10898 cal BP Brahimi 1969 Perrin 2021
OxA-27500 Zone I Layers 1-15 os (collagène) NA AMS 16490±80 BP 20120–19617 cal BP Hogue et Barton 2016 Perrin 2021
OxA-27501 Zone I Layers 1-15 os (collagène) NA AMS 16790±90 BP 20498–20080 cal BP Hogue et Barton 2016 Perrin 2021
MC-817 Zone I Layers 1-15 charbon NA NA 16100±360 BP 20335–18732 cal BP Saxon et al 1974, Hogue et Barton 2016 Perrin 2021
MC-812 Zone I Layers 1-15 charbon NA NA 17040±400 BP 21713–19577 cal BP Saxon et al 1974, Hogue et Barton 2016 Perrin 2021
OxA-27502 Zone IV Layers 35 - 49 os (collagène) NA AMS 18470±100 BP 22540–22195 cal BP Hogue et Barton 2016 Perrin 2021
MC-18 Zone IV Layers 35 - 49 charbon NA NA 18750±500 BP 23784–21470 cal BP Saxon et al 1974, Hogue et Barton 2016 Perrin 2021
OxA-27503 Zone IV Layers 35 - 49 os (collagène) NA AMS 18440±110 BP 22525–22142 cal BP Saxon et al 1974, Hogue et Barton 2016 Perrin 2021
MC-820 Zone V Layers 50-70 charbon NA NA 19800±500 BP 25121–22770 cal BP Saxon et al 1974, Hogue et Barton 2016 Perrin 2021
OxA-27505 Zone V Layers 50-70 os (collagène) NA AMS 18990±100 BP 23068–22605 cal BP Saxon et al 1974, Hogue et Barton 2016 Perrin 2021
OxA-27504 Zone V Layers 50-70 charbon NA AMS 19060±100 BP 23204–22765 cal BP Saxon et al 1974, Hogue et Barton 2016 Perrin 2021

typological date Typological dates (28)

Classification Estimated age References
Iberomaurusian NA LubellSheppard.1991Maghreb, Close.1980CurResRecI, Camps.1974TablChron2, CampsDelibrias.1973ChroCiv, RahmouniRoussillot.1970AlgiersI, Brahimi.1969IndLitTamarHat, Camps.1968TablChronPRec
Iberomaurusian NA HogueBarton.2016Microl, LubellSheppard.1991Maghreb, Close.1980CurResRecI, Camps.1974TablChron2, CampsDelibrias.1973ChroCiv, RahmouniRoussillot.1970AlgiersI, Brahimi.1969IndLitTamarHat
Epipaléolithique NA Brahimi 1969
Ibéromaurusien NA NA
Epipaléolithique NA Hogue et Barton 2016
Ibéromaurusien NA NA
Epipaléolithique NA Hogue et Barton 2016
Ibéromaurusien NA NA
Epipaléolithique NA Saxon et al 1974, Hogue et Barton 2016
Ibéromaurusien NA NA
Epipaléolithique NA Saxon et al 1974, Hogue et Barton 2016
Ibéromaurusien NA NA
Epipaléolithique NA Hogue et Barton 2016
Ibéromaurusien NA NA
Epipaléolithique NA Saxon et al 1974, Hogue et Barton 2016
Ibéromaurusien NA NA
Epipaléolithique NA Saxon et al 1974, Hogue et Barton 2016
Ibéromaurusien NA NA
Epipaléolithique NA Saxon et al 1974, Hogue et Barton 2016
Ibéromaurusien NA NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@dataset{EUROEVOL,
  title = {The Cultural Evolution of Neolithic Europe. EUROEVOL Dataset},
  author = {Manning, K. and Timpson, A. and Colledge, S. and Crema, E. and Shennan, S.},
  date = {2015-07-09},
  url = {https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1469811/},
  urldate = {2023-09-07},
  abstract = {This dataset comprises the primary data collected for the Cultural Evolution of Neolithic Europe project (EUROEVOL), led by Professor Stephen Shennan, UCL. The dataset offers the largest repository of archaeological site and radiocarbon data from Neolithic Europe (4,757 sites and 14,131 radiocarbon samples), dating between the late Mesolithic and Early Bronze Age, as well as the largest collections of archaeobotanical data (>8300 records for 729 different species, genera and families, and the largest collection of animal bone data with >3 million NISP counts and >36,000 biometrics.},
  langid = {english}
}
@misc{Sari 2014,
  
}
@misc{LubellSheppard.1991Maghreb, Close.1980CurResRecI, Camps.1974TablChron2, CampsDelibrias.1973ChroCiv, RahmouniRoussillot.1970AlgiersI, Brahimi.1969IndLitTamarHat, Camps.1968TablChronPRec,
  
}
@misc{HogueBarton.2016Microl, LubellSheppard.1991Maghreb, Close.1980CurResRecI, Camps.1974TablChron2, CampsDelibrias.1973ChroCiv, RahmouniRoussillot.1970AlgiersI, Brahimi.1969IndLitTamarHat,
  
}
@misc{Brahimi 1969,
  
}
@misc{Hogue et Barton 2016,
  
}
@misc{Saxon et al 1974, Hogue et Barton 2016,
  
}
@misc{LubellSheppard.1991Maghreb,
  
}
@misc{HogueBarton.2016Microl,
  
}
@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{MedAfriCarbon,
  url = {https://zenodo.org/record/3689716},
  note = {Lucarini, Giulio, Wilkinson, Toby, Crema, Enrico R., Palombini, Augusto, Bevan, Andrew, & Broodbank, Cyprian. (2020). The MedAfriCarbon radiocarbon database and web application. Archaeological dynamics in Mediterranean Africa, ca. 9600-700 BC [Data set]. In Journal of Open Archaeology Data (1.0.3). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3689716}
}
@dataset{BDA,
  title = {Base de Données Archéologique (BDA)},
  author = {Perrin, Thomas},
  date = {2021-02-03},
  publisher = {NAKALA},
  doi = {10.34847/nkl.dde9fnm8},
  url = {https://nakala.fr/10.34847/nkl.dde9fnm8},
  urldate = {2023-09-07},
  abstract = {Exports in .xlsx format of the main tables of the BDA database (Archaeological Database), available here https://bda.huma-num.fr/ in Filemaker Pro format.},
  langid = {french}
}
@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_type: :dataset
  :title: "{The Cultural Evolution of Neolithic Europe. EUROEVOL Dataset}"
  :author: "{Manning, K. and Timpson, A. and Colledge, S. and Crema, E. and Shennan,
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  :date: "{2015-07-09}"
  :url: "{https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1469811/}"
  :urldate: "{2023-09-07}"
  :abstract: "{This dataset comprises the primary data collected for the Cultural
    Evolution of Neolithic Europe project (EUROEVOL), led by Professor Stephen Shennan,
    UCL. The dataset offers the largest repository of archaeological site and radiocarbon
    data from Neolithic Europe (4,757 sites and 14,131 radiocarbon samples), dating
    between the late Mesolithic and Early Bronze Age, as well as the largest collections
    of archaeobotanical data (>8300 records for 729 different species, genera and
    families, and the largest collection of animal bone data with >3 million NISP
    counts and >36,000 biometrics.}"
  :langid: "{english}"
---
:bibtex_key: Sari 2014
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: LubellSheppard.1991Maghreb, Close.1980CurResRecI, Camps.1974TablChron2,
  CampsDelibrias.1973ChroCiv, RahmouniRoussillot.1970AlgiersI, Brahimi.1969IndLitTamarHat,
  Camps.1968TablChronPRec
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: HogueBarton.2016Microl, LubellSheppard.1991Maghreb, Close.1980CurResRecI,
  Camps.1974TablChron2, CampsDelibrias.1973ChroCiv, RahmouniRoussillot.1970AlgiersI,
  Brahimi.1969IndLitTamarHat
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Brahimi 1969
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Hogue et Barton 2016
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Saxon et al 1974, Hogue et Barton 2016
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: LubellSheppard.1991Maghreb
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: HogueBarton.2016Microl
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
- :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: MedAfriCarbon
  :bibtex_type: :misc
  :url: "{https://zenodo.org/record/3689716}"
  :note: "{Lucarini, Giulio, Wilkinson, Toby, Crema, Enrico R., Palombini, Augusto,
    Bevan, Andrew, & Broodbank, Cyprian. (2020). The MedAfriCarbon radiocarbon database
    and web application. Archaeological dynamics in Mediterranean Africa, ca. 9600-700
    BC [Data set]. In Journal of Open Archaeology Data (1.0.3). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3689716}"
---
- :bibtex_key: BDA
  :bibtex_type: :dataset
  :title: "{Base de Données Archéologique (BDA)}"
  :author: "{Perrin, Thomas}"
  :date: "{2021-02-03}"
  :publisher: "{NAKALA}"
  :doi: "{10.34847/nkl.dde9fnm8}"
  :url: "{https://nakala.fr/10.34847/nkl.dde9fnm8}"
  :urldate: "{2023-09-07}"
  :abstract: "{Exports in .xlsx format of the main tables of the BDA database (Archaeological
    Database), available here https://bda.huma-num.fr/ in Filemaker Pro format.}"
  :langid: "{french}"
---
- :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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