Site types
Shelter and

Location

100 m
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Coordinates (degrees)
043.640° N, 001.310° W
Coordinates (DMS)
043° 38' 00" W, 001° 18' 00" N
Country (ISO 3166)
France (FR)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (14)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
BOR-7 habitat NA 14C 14500±1450 BP 20784–13612 cal BP Arambourou et al. 1978 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
Ly-861 habitat bone NA 14C 14180±200 BP 17870–16665 cal BP Delibrias and Evin 1980 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
Ly-860 habitat bone NA 14C 13840±210 BP 17351–16195 cal BP Delibrias and Evin 1980 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
Ly-859 habitat bone NA 14C 13510±220 BP 16975–15704 cal BP Delibrias and Evin 1980 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
Poz-15983 habitat bone, reindeer NA AMS 12930±60 BP 15630–15285 cal BP Costamagno et al 2009 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
Ly-858 habitat bone NA 14C 11150±220 BP 13450–12730 cal BP Delibrias and Evin 1980 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
Ly-858 bone Coelodonta antiquitatis Linty NA NA 11150±220 BP 13450–12730 cal BP J. Clottes 1989. In: Rigaud J.Ph. Le Magdalenien en Europe. Eraul 38. Bird et al. 2022
Ly-860 bone NA NA 13840±210 BP 17351–16195 cal BP Paquereau M. M. 1977. Colloques internationaux du CNRS nÔøΩ271 :151-157 Bird et al. 2022
Ly-861 bone NA NA 14180±200 BP 17870–16665 cal BP Vermeersch 2020 Bird et al. 2022
OxA-19630 bone Coelodonta antiquitatis Linty NA NA 37050±450 BP 42245–41222 cal BP Cupillar C. 2013. SPF Memoire 56: 355. Maier A. 2015 The Central European Magdalenian Bird et al. 2022
OxA-28073 antler NA NA 12810±53 BP 15470–15141 cal BP Barshay-Szmidt C. Quaternary International 414 (2016) 62-91. Bird et al. 2022
OxA-28118 bone NA NA 14005±65 BP 17282–16865 cal BP Barshay-Szmidt C. Quaternary International 414 (2016) 62-91. Bird et al. 2022
OxA-29996 bone NA NA 13130±55 BP 15900–15605 cal BP Bergerbrant et al. 2017 appendix 2 Bird et al. 2022
Poz-15983 bone NA NA 12930±60 BP 15630–15285 cal BP Kuntz D. 2011. PhD Toulouse II. Barshay-Szmidt C. Quaternary International 414 (2016) 62-91. Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (12)

Classification Estimated age References
Upper Paleolithic NA Arambourou et al. 1978
Magdalenian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Delibrias and Evin 1980
Magdalenian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Delibrias and Evin 1980
Magdalenian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Delibrias and Evin 1980
Magdalenian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Costamagno et al 2009
Magdalenian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Delibrias and Evin 1980
Magdalenian NA NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{Arambourou et al. 1978,
  
}
@misc{Delibrias and Evin 1980,
  
}
@misc{Costamagno et al 2009,
  
}
@misc{J. Clottes 1989. In: Rigaud J.Ph. Le Magdalenien en Europe. Eraul 38.,
  
}
@misc{Paquereau M. M. 1977. Colloques internationaux du CNRS nÔøΩ271 :151-157,
  
}
@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{Cupillar C. 2013. SPF Memoire 56: 355. Maier A. 2015 The Central European  Magdalenian,
  
}
@misc{Barshay-Szmidt C.  Quaternary International 414 (2016) 62-91.,
  
}
@misc{Bergerbrant et al. 2017 appendix 2,
  
}
@misc{Kuntz D. 2011. PhD Toulouse II.  Barshay-Szmidt C.  Quaternary International 414 (2016) 62-91.,
  
}
@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: Delibrias and Evin 1980
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Costamagno et al 2009
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'J. Clottes 1989. In: Rigaud J.Ph. Le Magdalenien en Europe. Eraul 38.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Paquereau M. M. 1977. Colloques internationaux du CNRS nÔøΩ271 :151-157
: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}"
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:bibtex_key: 'Cupillar C. 2013. SPF Memoire 56: 355. Maier A. 2015 The Central European  Magdalenian'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Barshay-Szmidt C.  Quaternary International 414 (2016) 62-91.
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Bergerbrant et al. 2017 appendix 2
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Kuntz D. 2011. PhD Toulouse II.  Barshay-Szmidt C.  Quaternary International
  414 (2016) 62-91.
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
- :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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