Site type

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
047.750° N, 008.680° E
Coordinates (DMS)
047° 45' 00" E, 008° 40' 00" N
Country (ISO 3166)
Switzerland (CH)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (27)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
OxA-5749 habitat antler, worked shed specimen NA AMS 14150±100 BP 17410–17004 cal BP Housley et al. 1997 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
OxA-5750 habitat antler, worked shed specimen NA AMS 13670±100 BP 16898–16250 cal BP Housley et al. 1997 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
OxA-5747 habitat antler, worked shed specimen NA AMS 13430±100 BP 16465–15867 cal BP Housley et al. 1997 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
OxA-5746 habitat antler, bevelled base point NA AMS 13120±900 BP 18045–13425 cal BP Housley et al. 1997 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
B-3329 habitat bone NA 14C 12970±180 BP 16040–15002 cal BP “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
Hv-10652 habitat bone NA 14C 12890±900 BP 17740–13173 cal BP “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
OxA-5748 habitat bone, grooved NA AMS 12770±900 BP 17705–13071 cal BP Housley et al. 1997 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
B-3327 habitat bone NA 14C 11220±120 BP 13329–12840 cal BP “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
B-3741 habitat antler NA 14C 7680±430 BP 9486–7690 cal BP “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
B-3327 NA bone NA NA 11220±120 BP 13329–12840 cal BP Vermeersch 2020 Bird et al. 2022
B-3329 NA bone NA NA 12970±180 BP 16040–15002 cal BP Leesch D. 2012. QI Bird et al. 2022
B-3741 NA antler human cut NA NA 7680±430 BP 9486–7690 cal BP Ammann B. 1988. Napierala H. 2010 International Joournal of Osteoarchaeology 404. Bird et al. 2022
Hv-10652 NA NA NA NA 12890±90 BP 15655–15165 cal BP Geyh 1967 Stanish y Rice 1989 Bird et al. 2022
KIA-11825 NA bone NA NA 12774±54 BP 15390–15087 cal BP Leesch D. 2012. QI Bird et al. 2022
KIA-11826 NA bone NA NA 12502±52 BP 15015–14357 cal BP Leesch D. 2012. QI Bird et al. 2022
KIA-11827 NA bone NA NA 13052±53 BP 15790–15495 cal BP Leesch D. 2012. QI Bird et al. 2022
KIA-11828 NA bone NA NA 13858±55 BP 17005–16650 cal BP Cupillard C. 2014. QI.2014.05.032. Bird et al. 2022
KIA-11829 NA bone NA NA 12897±53 BP 15580–15267 cal BP Van Strydonck et al. 2002b 44; Van Strydonck et al. 2004 tabla 1; Hernández Gasch/Aramburu 2001 17; Micó 2005 293 Bird et al. 2022
KIA-33350 NA bone NA NA 12225±45 BP 14255–14048 cal BP Cupillard C. 2014. QI.2014.05.032. Bird et al. 2022
KIA-33351 NA bone NA NA 12335±45 BP 14805–14118 cal BP Kiel DB 2958 Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (18)

Classification Estimated age References
Upper Paleolithic NA Housley et al. 1997
Magdalenian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Housley et al. 1997
Magdalenian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Housley et al. 1997
Magdalenian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Housley et al. 1997
Magdalenian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA NA
Magdalenian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA NA
Magdalenian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA Housley et al. 1997
Magdalenian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA NA
Magdalenian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA NA
Magdalenian NA NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{CBA Radiocarbon Index,
  
}
@misc{Kiel DB 2958,
  
}
@misc{Housley et al. 1997,
  
}
@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{Leesch D.  2012. QI,
  
}
@misc{Ammann B.  1988. Napierala H. 2010 International Joournal of Osteoarchaeology 404.,
  
}
@misc{Cupillard C.  2014. QI.2014.05.032.,
  
}
@misc{Geyh 1967  Stanish y Rice 1989,
  
}
@misc{Van Strydonck et al. 2002b 44; Van Strydonck et al. 2004 tabla 1; Hernández Gasch/Aramburu 2001 17; Micó 2005 293,
  
}
@misc{48. Tagung Hugo Obermaier-Gesellschaft. Stevens R.E. 2009. JHE 57: 131-148,
  
}
@misc{Leesch D.  2012. QI.272-273: 191-208,
  
}
@misc{B. Kautich. Das PalÔøΩolithikum des Kaufertsberges bei Nierheim Gem. Appetshofen Ldkv. Donau-Ries. Quartar 33/34 1983 29-97,
  
}
@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}
}
@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}
}
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:bibtex_key: CBA Radiocarbon Index
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:bibtex_key: Kiel DB 2958
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Housley et al. 1997
: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: Leesch D.  2012. QI
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Ammann B.  1988. Napierala H. 2010 International Joournal of Osteoarchaeology
  404.
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Cupillard C.  2014. QI.2014.05.032.
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Geyh 1967  Stanish y Rice 1989
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Van Strydonck et al. 2002b 44; Van Strydonck et al. 2004 tabla 1; Hernández
  Gasch/Aramburu 2001 17; Micó 2005 293
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: '48. Tagung Hugo Obermaier-Gesellschaft. Stevens R.E. 2009. JHE 57: 131-148'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Leesch D.  2012. QI.272-273: 191-208'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: B. Kautich. Das PalÔøΩolithikum des Kaufertsberges bei Nierheim Gem.
  Appetshofen Ldkv. Donau-Ries. Quartar 33/34 1983 29-97
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
- :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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  :bibtex_type: :article
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  :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}"

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