Site types
Cave and

Location

100 m
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Coordinates (degrees)
043.020° N, 001.200° E
Coordinates (DMS)
043° 01' 00" E, 001° 12' 00" N
Country (ISO 3166)
France (FR)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (17)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
Gif-6656 habitat bone NA 14C 24600±350 BP 29640–27906 cal BP Delibrias and Guillier 1988 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
Gif-6655 habitat bone NA 14C 21000±250 BP 25829–24675 cal BP Delibrias and Guillier 1988 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
Gif-4124 habitat charcoal NA 14C 13940±200 BP 17408–16320 cal BP Delibrias and Evin 1980 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
Gif-6030 habitat bone NA 14C 13900±120 BP 17275–16485 cal BP Delibrias and Guillier 1988 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
Gif-5770 habitat bone NA 14C 13400±120 BP 16475–15780 cal BP Delibrias and Guillier 1988 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
Gif-5321 habitat burned bone NA 14C 12800±140 BP 15731–14655 cal BP Delibrias and Guillier 1988 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
Gif-4123 habitat charcoal NA 14C 10080±230 BP 12611–10897 cal BP Delibrias and Evin 1980 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
Gif-5320 habitat burned bone NA 14C 9630±170 BP 11596–10425 cal BP Delibrias and Guillier 1988 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
Gif-4123 charcoal NA NA 10080±230 BP 12611–10897 cal BP Leroy-Gourhan Arl. 1979. Proceedings of the XXI CongrÔøΩs PrÔøΩhistorique de France Vol I 58-59. Bird et al. 2022
Gif-4124 carbon NA NA 13940±250 BP 17715–16168 cal BP Larsson 2019 Bird et al. 2022
Gif-5321 bone NA NA 12990±140 BP 15945–15160 cal BP Vermeersch 2020 Bird et al. 2022
Gif-5770 bone NA NA 13400±120 BP 16475–15780 cal BP Vermeersch 2020 Bird et al. 2022
Gif-6655 bone NA NA 21500±250 BP 26290–25268 cal BP Banadora Foucher P. 2008. UISPP 21 BAR S1831: 45-55. Bird et al. 2022
Gif-6656 bone NA NA 24600±350 BP 29640–27906 cal BP Vermeersch 2020 Bird et al. 2022
GifA-97306 bone NA NA 27980±480 BP 33330–31137 cal BP Djindjian F. 2000. In SFP mÔøΩmoire 28: 95-112. Langlais M. 2015. BSPF 112: 5-58. Bird et al. 2022
Lyon-1627/GrA- tooth NA NA 25850±360 BP 30860–29276 cal BP Vermeersch 2020 Bird et al. 2022
OxA-8827 bone NA NA 26820±340 BP 31510–30277 cal BP Larsson 2019 Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (16)

Classification Estimated age References
Upper Paleolithic NA Delibrias and Guillier 1988
Gravettian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Delibrias and Guillier 1988
Gravettian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Delibrias and Evin 1980
Magdalenian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Delibrias and Guillier 1988
Magdalenian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Delibrias and Guillier 1988
Magdalenian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Delibrias and Guillier 1988
Magdalenian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Delibrias and Evin 1980
Magdalenian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Delibrias and Guillier 1988
Magdalenian NA NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{Delibrias and Guillier 1988,
  
}
@misc{Delibrias and Evin 1980,
  
}
@misc{Leroy-Gourhan Arl. 1979. Proceedings of the XXI CongrÔøΩs PrÔøΩhistorique de France Vol I 58-59.,
  
}
@misc{Larsson 2019,
  
}
@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{Banadora Foucher  P.  2008. UISPP 21 BAR S1831: 45-55.,
  
}
@misc{Djindjian F. 2000. In SFP mÔøΩmoire 28: 95-112. Langlais M.  2015. BSPF 112: 5-58.,
  
}
@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 Guillier 1988
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---
:bibtex_key: Delibrias and Evin 1980
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Leroy-Gourhan Arl. 1979. Proceedings of the XXI CongrÔøΩs PrÔøΩhistorique
  de France Vol I 58-59.
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Larsson 2019
: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}"
---
:bibtex_key: 'Banadora Foucher  P.  2008. UISPP 21 BAR S1831: 45-55.'
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---
:bibtex_key: 'Djindjian F. 2000. In SFP mÔøΩmoire 28: 95-112. Langlais M.  2015. BSPF
  112: 5-58.'
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---
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  :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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