Site type

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
029.520° S, 031.229° E
Coordinates (DMS)
029° 31' 00" E, 031° 13' 00" S
Country (ISO 3166)
South Africa (ZA)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (8)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
Pta-6108 bone NA NA 940±20 BP 913–792 cal BP Kaplan J. and Mitchell P. 2012. The archaeology of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project Phases IA and IB.Southern African Humanities24(1) pp.1-32. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-6108 Skeleton, A 2120 bone Homo sapiens conventional 14C 940±20 BP 913–792 cal BP ribot2010phe
Pta-5796 Skeleton A bone Homo sapiens conventional 14C 1980±20 BP 1985–1840 cal BP ribot2010phe
Pta-5796 bone NA NA 1980±20 BP 1985–1840 cal BP Ribot I. Morris A.G. Sealy J. and Maggs T. 2010. Population history and economic change in the last 2000 years in KwaZulu-Natal RSA.Southern African Humanities22(1) pp.89-112. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-5803 bone NA NA 2940±50 BP 3315–2954 cal BP Orton J. 2006. The Later Stone Age lithic sequence at Elands Bay Western Cape South Africa: raw materials artefacts and sporadic change.Southern African Humanities18(2) pp.1-28. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-5803 Skeleton B bone Homo sapiens conventional 14C 2940±50 BP 3315–2954 cal BP ribot2010phe
Pta-5794 bone NA NA 5900±110 BP 6990–6446 cal BP Ribot I. Morris A.G. Sealy J. and Maggs T. 2010. Population history and economic change in the last 2000 years in KwaZulu-Natal RSA.Southern African Humanities22(1) pp.89-112. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-5794 Skeleton C bone Homo sapiens conventional 14C 5900±110 BP 6990–6446 cal BP ribot2010phe

typological date Typological dates (4)

Classification Estimated age References
NA ribot2010phe
NA ribot2010phe
NA ribot2010phe
NA ribot2010phe

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

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@misc{Ribot I. Morris A.G. Sealy J. and Maggs T. 2010. Population history and economic change in the last 2000 years in KwaZulu-Natal RSA.Southern African Humanities22(1) pp.89-112.,
  
}
@misc{Orton J. 2006. The Later Stone Age lithic sequence at Elands Bay Western Cape South Africa: raw materials artefacts and sporadic change.Southern African Humanities18(2) pp.1-28.,
  
}
@misc{Kaplan J. and Mitchell P. 2012. The archaeology of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project Phases IA and IB.Southern African Humanities24(1) pp.1-32.,
  
}
@misc{SARD,
  url = {https://github.com/emmaloftus/Southern-African-Radiocarbon-Database},
  note = { Loftus, E., Mitchell, P., & Ramsey, C. (2019). An archaeological radiocarbon database for southern Africa. Antiquity, 93(370), 870-885. doi:10.15184/aqy.2019.75}
}
@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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    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
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