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Coordinates (degrees)
007.122° S, 037.621° E
Coordinates (DMS)
007° 07' 00" E, 037° 37' 00" S
Country (ISO 3166)
Tanzania (TZ)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (11)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
SUERC-16754 bulk sediment NA NA 223±35 BP Finch JM, Marchant R (2011). A palaeoecological investigation into the role of fire and human activity in the development of montane grasslands in East Africa. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 20, 109-124.; Finch J (2011). Vegetation history of a biodiversity hotspot: the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania and Kenya. Environment Dept. U of York; Finch JM, Leng MJ, Marchant R (2009). Late Quaternary vegetation dynamics in a biodiversity hotspot, the Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania. Quaternary Research 72, 111-122.
Beta-249995 bulk sediment NA NA 1140±40 BP Finch JM, Marchant R (2011). A palaeoecological investigation into the role of fire and human activity in the development of montane grasslands in East Africa. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 20, 109-124.; Finch J (2011). Vegetation history of a biodiversity hotspot: the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania and Kenya. Environment Dept. U of York; Finch JM, Leng MJ, Marchant R (2009). Late Quaternary vegetation dynamics in a biodiversity hotspot, the Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania. Quaternary Research 72, 111-122.
Wk-22548 bulk sediment NA NA 3618±30 BP Finch JM, Marchant R (2011). A palaeoecological investigation into the role of fire and human activity in the development of montane grasslands in East Africa. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 20, 109-124.; Finch J (2011). Vegetation history of a biodiversity hotspot: the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania and Kenya. Environment Dept. U of York; Finch JM, Leng MJ, Marchant R (2009). Late Quaternary vegetation dynamics in a biodiversity hotspot, the Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania. Quaternary Research 72, 111-122.
SUERC-16757 bulk sediment NA NA 8101±40 BP Finch JM, Marchant R (2011). A palaeoecological investigation into the role of fire and human activity in the development of montane grasslands in East Africa. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 20, 109-124.; Finch J (2011). Vegetation history of a biodiversity hotspot: the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania and Kenya. Environment Dept. U of York; Finch JM, Leng MJ, Marchant R (2009). Late Quaternary vegetation dynamics in a biodiversity hotspot, the Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania. Quaternary Research 72, 111-122.
Beta-249996 bulk sediment NA NA 5820±50 BP Finch JM, Marchant R (2011). A palaeoecological investigation into the role of fire and human activity in the development of montane grasslands in East Africa. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 20, 109-124.; Finch J (2011). Vegetation history of a biodiversity hotspot: the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania and Kenya. Environment Dept. U of York; Finch JM, Leng MJ, Marchant R (2009). Late Quaternary vegetation dynamics in a biodiversity hotspot, the Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania. Quaternary Research 72, 111-122.
OS-60146 bulk sediment NA NA 19950±85 BP Finch JM, Marchant R (2011). A palaeoecological investigation into the role of fire and human activity in the development of montane grasslands in East Africa. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 20, 109-124.; Finch J (2011). Vegetation history of a biodiversity hotspot: the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania and Kenya. Environment Dept. U of York; Finch JM, Leng MJ, Marchant R (2009). Late Quaternary vegetation dynamics in a biodiversity hotspot, the Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania. Quaternary Research 72, 111-122.
Wk-22549 bulk sediment NA NA 32111±780 BP Finch JM, Marchant R (2011). A palaeoecological investigation into the role of fire and human activity in the development of montane grasslands in East Africa. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 20, 109-124.; Finch J (2011). Vegetation history of a biodiversity hotspot: the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania and Kenya. Environment Dept. U of York; Finch JM, Leng MJ, Marchant R (2009). Late Quaternary vegetation dynamics in a biodiversity hotspot, the Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania. Quaternary Research 72, 111-122.
Wk-18791 bulk sediment NA NA 42606±1 BP Finch JM, Marchant R (2011). A palaeoecological investigation into the role of fire and human activity in the development of montane grasslands in East Africa. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 20, 109-124.; Finch J (2011). Vegetation history of a biodiversity hotspot: the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania and Kenya. Environment Dept. U of York; Finch JM, Leng MJ, Marchant R (2009). Late Quaternary vegetation dynamics in a biodiversity hotspot, the Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania. Quaternary Research 72, 111-122.
SUERC-16754 bulk sediment NA NA 223±35 BP Finch JM Marchant R (2011). A palaeoecological investigation into the role of fire and human activity in the development of montane grasslands in East Africa. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 20 109-124.; Finch J (2011). Vegetation history of a biodiversity hotspot: the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania and Kenya. Environment Dept. U of York; Finch JM Leng MJ Marchant R (2009). Late Quaternary vegetation dynamics in a biodiversity hotspot the Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania. Quaternary Research 72 111-122. Bird et al. 2022
SUERC-16757 bulk sediment NA NA 8101±40 BP Finch JM Marchant R (2011). A palaeoecological investigation into the role of fire and human activity in the development of montane grasslands in East Africa. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 20 109-124.; Finch J (2011). Vegetation history of a biodiversity hotspot: the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania and Kenya. Environment Dept. U of York; Finch JM Leng MJ Marchant R (2009). Late Quaternary vegetation dynamics in a biodiversity hotspot the Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania. Quaternary Research 72 111-122. Bird et al. 2022
Wk-22548 bulk sediment NA NA 3618±30 BP Finch JM Marchant R (2011). A palaeoecological investigation into the role of fire and human activity in the development of montane grasslands in East Africa. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 20 109-124.; Finch J (2011). Vegetation history of a biodiversity hotspot: the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania and Kenya. Environment Dept. U of York; Finch JM Leng MJ Marchant R (2009). Late Quaternary vegetation dynamics in a biodiversity hotspot the Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania. Quaternary Research 72 111-122. Bird et al. 2022

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Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references 

@misc{Finch JM, Marchant R (2011). A palaeoecological investigation into the role of fire and human activity in the development of montane grasslands in East Africa. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 20, 109-124.; Finch J (2011). Vegetation history of a biodiversity hotspot: the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania and Kenya. Environment Dept. U of York; Finch JM, Leng MJ, Marchant R (2009). Late Quaternary vegetation dynamics in a biodiversity hotspot, the Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania. Quaternary Research 72, 111-122.,
  
}
@misc{Finch JM Marchant R (2011). A palaeoecological investigation into the role of fire and human activity in the development of montane grasslands in East Africa. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 20 109-124.; Finch J (2011). Vegetation history of a biodiversity hotspot: the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania and Kenya. Environment Dept. U of York; Finch JM Leng MJ Marchant R (2009). Late Quaternary vegetation dynamics in a biodiversity hotspot the Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania. Quaternary Research 72 111-122.,
  
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  url = {https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/NJLNRJ},
  note = {Courtney Mustaphi, Colin, 2016, "Radiocarbon dates from eastern Africa in the CARD2.0 format", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/NJLNRJ, Harvard Dataverse, V5 }
}
@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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  Environment Dept. U of York; Finch JM, Leng MJ, Marchant R (2009). Late Quaternary
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  history of a biodiversity hotspot: the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania and Kenya.
  Environment Dept. U of York; Finch JM Leng MJ Marchant R (2009). Late Quaternary
  vegetation dynamics in a biodiversity hotspot the Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania.
  Quaternary Research 72 111-122.'
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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.}"
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