Site types
Shell midden and

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
035.147° N, 007.676° E
Coordinates (DMS)
035° 08' 00" E, 007° 40' 00" N
Country (ISO 3166)
Algeria (DZ)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (9)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
I-9833 ±10 m upstream from Balla's section and 2.1 m below Roman age deposit shell (undetermined) NA NA 2270±80 BP 2666–2006 cal BP Lubell.1984Paleoenv
I-9834 marsch deposits ±50 m downstream from Balla's section shell (undetermined) NA NA 4685±95 BP 5597–5052 cal BP Lubell.1984Paleoenv
I-7963 marsch deposits at Balla's section shell (undetermined) NA NA 5830±95 BP 6881–6405 cal BP Ballais.1992VarEnvIP, Lubell.1984Paleoenv
SMU-655 in situ Hearth A ±200 m upstream from Balla's section in higher (older) terrace charcoal NA NA 11588±99 BP 13733–13240 cal BP LubellSheppard.1991Maghreb, Haas.1987MethodIII, Lubell.1984Paleoenv, Close.1984CurResRecII
SMU-738 Hearth B charcoal NA NA 11870±286 BP 14831–13165 cal BP LubellSheppard.1991Maghreb, Haas.1987MethodIII, Close.1984CurResRecII
I-9833 NA shell (undetermined) NA NA 2270±80 BP 2666–2006 cal BP Lubell.1984Paleoenv Bird et al. 2022
I-9834 NA shell (undetermined) NA NA 4685±95 BP 5597–5052 cal BP MedAfriCarbon Bird et al. 2022
SMU-655 NA charcoal NA NA 11588±99 BP 13733–13240 cal BP East Texas 14C Database Bird et al. 2022
SMU-738 NA charcoal NA NA 11870±286 BP 14831–13165 cal BP MedAfriCarbon Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (2)

Classification Estimated age References
Pre-Capsian Epipalaeolithic NA LubellSheppard.1991Maghreb, Haas.1987MethodIII, Lubell.1984Paleoenv, Close.1984CurResRecII
Pre-Capsian Epipalaeolithic NA LubellSheppard.1991Maghreb, Haas.1987MethodIII, Close.1984CurResRecII

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{Lubell.1984Paleoenv,
  
}
@misc{Ballais.1992VarEnvIP, Lubell.1984Paleoenv,
  
}
@misc{LubellSheppard.1991Maghreb, Haas.1987MethodIII, Lubell.1984Paleoenv, Close.1984CurResRecII,
  
}
@misc{LubellSheppard.1991Maghreb, Haas.1987MethodIII, Close.1984CurResRecII,
  
}
@misc{MedAfriCarbon,
  
}
@misc{East Texas 14C Database,
  
}
@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}
}
@misc{MedAfriCarbon,
  url = {https://zenodo.org/record/3689716},
  note = {Lucarini, Giulio, Wilkinson, Toby, Crema, Enrico R., Palombini, Augusto, Bevan, Andrew, & Broodbank, Cyprian. (2020). The MedAfriCarbon radiocarbon database and web application. Archaeological dynamics in Mediterranean Africa, ca. 9600-700 BC [Data set]. In Journal of Open Archaeology Data (1.0.3). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3689716}
}
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    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
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