Site types
Cave and

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
043.320° N, 004.870° W
Coordinates (DMS)
043° 19' 00" W, 004° 52' 00" N
Country (ISO 3166)
Spain (ES)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (13)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
GifA-95370 decor. cave humic acid NA AMS 14260±180 BP 17940–16905 cal BP Valladas et al. 2001 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
GifA-95364 decor. cave prehistoric paintings NA AMS 14260±130 BP 17790–17045 cal BP Valladas et al. 2001 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
GifA-95364 bison NA AMS 14260±130 BP 17790–17045 cal BP Gonzalez Sainz 2005 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
GifA-95281 decor. cave prehistoric paintings NA AMS 14060±140 BP 17413–16660 cal BP Valladas et al. 2001 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
GifA-95281 bison NA AMS 14060±140 BP 17413–16660 cal BP Gonzalez Sainz 2005 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
GifA-95362 bison NA AMS 13710±180 BP 17070–16065 cal BP Gonzalez Sainz 2005 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
GifA-95362 decor. cave humic acid NA AMS 13700±140 BP 17010–16204 cal BP Valladas et al. 2001 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
GifA-95370 bison NA AMS 13290±140 BP 16365–15590 cal BP Gonzalez Sainz 2005 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
GifA-95281 carbon NA NA 14060±140 BP 17413–16660 cal BP Amormino V. L'Anthropologie 104 (2000) 373-381. Bird et al. 2022
GifA-95362 humic NA NA 13710±180 BP 17070–16065 cal BP Amormino V. L'Anthropologie 104 (2000) 373-381. Bird et al. 2022
GifA-95364 bone NA NA 14260±130 BP 17790–17045 cal BP OnoratiniG and Renault-MiskovskyJPrÔøΩhistoire et environnement du paleolithique superieur du sud-est de la Francein: European late pleistocene p131-174. Valladas H. Radiocarbon Vol 59 Nr 2 2017 p 621-633. Bird et al. 2022
GifA-95370 humic NA NA 13290±140 BP 16365–15590 cal BP OnoratiniG and Renault-MiskovskyJ: European late pleistocene isotope stages 2 and 3: humans their ecology & cultural adaptationsp131-174. Valladas H. Radiocarbon Vol 59 Nr 2 2017 p 621-633. Bird et al. 2022
OxA-31708 L.Littora shell B6 (Lower Magdalenian) NA NA 15810±60 BP 19187–18925 cal BP Vermeersch 2020 Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (16)

Classification Estimated age References
Upper Paleolithic NA Valladas et al. 2001
unspec. NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Valladas et al. 2001
unspec. NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Gonzalez Sainz 2005
Magdalenian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Valladas et al. 2001
unspec. NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Gonzalez Sainz 2005
Magdalenian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Gonzalez Sainz 2005
Magdalenian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Valladas et al. 2001
unspec. NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Gonzalez Sainz 2005
Magdalenian NA NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{Valladas et al. 2001,
  
}
@misc{Gonzalez Sainz 2005,
  
}
@misc{Amormino V. L'Anthropologie 104 (2000) 373-381.,
  
}
@misc{OnoratiniG and Renault-MiskovskyJPrÔøΩhistoire et environnement du paleolithique superieur du sud-est de la Francein: European late pleistocene p131-174. Valladas H. Radiocarbon Vol 59 Nr 2 2017 p 621-633.,
  
}
@misc{OnoratiniG and Renault-MiskovskyJ: European late pleistocene isotope stages 2 and 3: humans their ecology & cultural adaptationsp131-174. Valladas H. Radiocarbon Vol 59 Nr 2 2017 p 621-633.,
  
}
@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}
}
@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: 'OnoratiniG and Renault-MiskovskyJPrÔøΩhistoire et environnement du paleolithique
  superieur du sud-est de la Francein: European late pleistocene p131-174. Valladas
  H. Radiocarbon Vol 59 Nr 2 2017 p 621-633.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'OnoratiniG and Renault-MiskovskyJ: European late pleistocene isotope
  stages 2 and 3: humans their ecology & cultural adaptationsp131-174. Valladas H.
  Radiocarbon Vol 59 Nr 2 2017 p 621-633.'
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---
- :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: 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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