Site types
Cave and

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
044.800° N, 001.200° E
Coordinates (DMS)
044° 48' 00" E, 001° 12' 00" N
Country (ISO 3166)
France (FR)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (28)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
AA-2674 habitat bone NA AMS 39800±0 BP 42965–42943 cal BP Zilho and dErrico 1999 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
AA-2997 habitat bone NA AMS 38100±1670 BP 44471–39750 cal BP Zilho and dErrico 1999 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
GifA-95581 habitat bone NA AMS 35000±1200 BP 41960–37165 cal BP Zilho and dErrico 1999 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
GifA-94201 habitat NA AMS 29740±510 BP 35271–33055 cal BP Djindjian et al. 2003 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
AA-6841 habitat NA AMS 29285±420 BP 34547–32273 cal BP Djindjian et al. 2003 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
AA-6840 habitat NA AMS 28140±405 BP 33335–31252 cal BP Djindjian et al. 2003 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
AA-2670 habitat NA AMS 26340±470 BP 31260–29650 cal BP Djindjian et al. 2003 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
AA-2993 habitat NA AMS 20460±260 BP 25216–23935 cal BP Djindjian et al. 2003 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
AA-2991 habitat NA AMS 20410±380 BP 25562–23781 cal BP Djindjian et al. 2003 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
AA-2992 habitat NA AMS 20280±220 BP 24955–23858 cal BP Djindjian et al. 2003 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
AA-2669 habitat NA AMS 20230±270 BP 25025–23791 cal BP Djindjian et al. 2003 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
AA-2668 habitat NA AMS 20070±330 BP 25034–23331 cal BP Djindjian et al. 2003 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
AA-6842 habitat NA AMS 12530±105 BP 15177–14285 cal BP Djindjian et al. 2003 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
AA-6843 habitat NA AMS 12285±100 BP 14845–14031 cal BP Djindjian et al. 2003 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
AA-2668 NA NA 20070±330 BP 25034–23331 cal BP Lenoir M. 2006. ERAUL 115: 89-95. Grayson D. .2001. JAS 28: 115-125. Bird et al. 2022
AA-2669 NA NA 20230±270 BP 25025–23791 cal BP Lenoir M. 2006. ERAUL 115: 89-95. Grayson D. .2001. JAS 28: 115-125. Bird et al. 2022
AA-2670 NA NA 26340±470 BP 31260–29650 cal BP Lenoir M. 2006. ERAUL 115: 89-95. Grayson D. .2001. JAS 28: 115-125. Bird et al. 2022
AA-2991 NA NA 20410±380 BP 25562–23781 cal BP Lenoir M. 2006. ERAUL 115: 89-95. Grayson D. .2001. JAS 28: 115-125. Bird et al. 2022
AA-2992 NA NA 20280±220 BP 24955–23858 cal BP Lenoir M. 2006. ERAUL 115: 89-95. Grayson D. .2001. JAS 28: 115-125. Bird et al. 2022
AA-2993 NA NA 20460±260 BP 25216–23935 cal BP Lenoir M. 2006. ERAUL 115: 89-95. Grayson D. .2001. JAS 28: 115-125. Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (28)

Classification Estimated age References
Middle/Upper Paleolithic NA Zilho and dErrico 1999
Chatelperronian NA NA
Middle/Upper Paleolithic NA Zilho and dErrico 1999
Chatelperronian NA NA
Middle/Upper Paleolithic NA Zilho and dErrico 1999
Chatelperronian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Djindjian et al. 2003
Aurignacian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Djindjian et al. 2003
Aurignacian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Djindjian et al. 2003
Aurignacian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Djindjian et al. 2003
Gravettian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Djindjian et al. 2003
Solutrean NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Djindjian et al. 2003
Solutrean NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Djindjian et al. 2003
Solutrean NA NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{Zilho and dErrico 1999,
  
}
@misc{Djindjian et al. 2003,
  
}
@misc{Lenoir M. 2006. ERAUL 115: 89-95. Grayson D.  .2001. JAS 28: 115-125.,
  
}
@misc{Zilhao & d'Errico; 1999. Journal of World Prehistory 13: 1-.,
  
}
@misc{Grayson D.  .2001. JAS 28: 115-125.,
  
}
@misc{PalÔøΩo 13 2001: 204.,
  
}
@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,
  
}
@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: 'Lenoir M. 2006. ERAUL 115: 89-95. Grayson D.  .2001. JAS 28: 115-125.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: 'Zilhao & d''Errico; 1999. Journal of World Prehistory 13: 1-.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: 'Grayson D.  .2001. JAS 28: 115-125.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'PalÔøΩo 13 2001: 204.'
: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
:bibtex_type: :misc
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  :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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