Blombos Cave
Archaeological site
in South Africa
Record created in XRONOS on 2022-12-02 00:50:45 UTC.
Last updated on 2022-12-02 00:50:45 UTC.
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Contributors: XRONOS development team
Location
- Coordinates (degrees)
- 034.400° S, 021.220° E
- Coordinates (DMS)
- 034° 24' 00" E, 021° 13' 00" S
- Country (ISO 3166)
- South Africa (ZA)
Linked Data
Radiocarbon dates
(16)
Typological dates
(16)
| Classification | Estimated age | References |
|---|---|---|
| LSA | NA | henshilwood1996rcp |
| Ceramic LSA | NA | NA |
| LSA | NA | henshilwood1996rcp |
| Ceramic LSA | NA | NA |
| LSA | NA | henshilwood2008hps |
| Final LSA | NA | NA |
| LSA | NA | henshilwood2008hps |
| Ceramic LSA | NA | NA |
| LSA | NA | henshilwood2008hps |
| Ceramic LSA | NA | NA |
| LSA | NA | henshilwood2008hps |
| Final LSA | NA | NA |
| LSA | NA | henshilwood2008hps |
| Final LSA | NA | NA |
| LSA | NA | henshilwood2008hps |
| Ceramic LSA | NA | NA |
Bibliographic references
- No bibliographic information available. [henshilwood1996rcp]
- No bibliographic information available. [henshilwood2008hps]
- No bibliographic information available. [SARD]
- No bibliographic information available. [Henshilwood C. 1996. A revised chronology for pastoralism in southernmost Africa: new evidence of sheep at c. 2000 bp from Blombos Cave South Africa.Antiquity70(270) pp.945-949.]
- No bibliographic information available. [Henshilwood C.S. 2008.Holocene prehistory of the southern Cape South Africa: excavations at Blombos Cave and the Blombosfontein Nature Reserve. Oxford: Archaeopress.]
- Bird, D., Miranda, L., Vander Linden, M., Robinson, E., Bocinsky, R. K., Nicholson, C., Capriles, J. M., Finley, J. B., Gayo, E. M., Gil, A., d’Alpoim Guedes, J., Hoggarth, J. A., Kay, A., Loftus, E., Lombardo, U., Mackie, M., Palmisano, A., Solheim, S., Kelly, R. L., & Freeman, J. (2022). P3k14c, a Synthetic Global Database of Archaeological Radiocarbon Dates. Scientific Data, 9(1), 27. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01118-7 [p3k14c]
- https://github.com/emmaloftus/Southern-African-Radiocarbon-Database [SARD]
@misc{henshilwood1996rcp,
}
@misc{henshilwood2008hps,
}
@misc{SARD,
}
@misc{Henshilwood C. 1996. A revised chronology for pastoralism in southernmost Africa: new evidence of sheep at c. 2000 bp from Blombos Cave South Africa.Antiquity70(270) pp.945-949.,
}
@misc{Henshilwood C.S. 2008.Holocene prehistory of the southern Cape South Africa: excavations at Blombos Cave and the Blombosfontein Nature Reserve. Oxford: Archaeopress.,
}
@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{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}
}
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:bibtex_key: 'Henshilwood C.S. 2008.Holocene prehistory of the southern Cape South
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Julie A. and Kay, Andrea and Loftus, Emma and Lombardo, Umberto and Mackie, Madeline
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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}"
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- :bibtex_key: SARD
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: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}"