Borchers Shelter
Archaeological site
in South Africa
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Last updated on 2022-12-02 00:50:45 UTC.
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Location
Radiocarbon dates
(6)
| Lab ID | Context | Material | Taxon | Method | Uncalibrated age | Calibrated age | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pta-3107 | Layer 2 (top) | charcoal | NA | conventional 14C | 100±50 BP | cable1984ets | |
| Pta-3108 | Layer 3 (lower) | charcoal | NA | conventional 14C | 2070±50 BP | cable1984ets | |
| Pta-3110 | Layer 3 (lowest part) | bone | Homo sapiens | conventional 14C | 3360±110 BP | cable1984ets | |
| Pta-3107 | charcoal | NA | NA | 100±50 BP | Cable J.H.C. 1984. Economy and Technology in the Late Stone Age of Southern Natal (British Archaeological Reports International Series 20I).Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology9. Bird et al. 2022 | ||
| Pta-3108 | charcoal | NA | NA | 2070±50 BP | Humphreys A.J.B. 2009. A Riet River retrospective.Southern African Humanities21(1) pp.157-175. Bird et al. 2022 | ||
| Pta-3110 | bone | NA | NA | 3360±110 BP | Walker N.J. 1983. The significance of an early date for pottery and sheep in Zimbabwe.The South African Archaeological Bulletin pp.88-92. Bird et al. 2022 |
Typological dates
(5)
| Classification | Estimated age | References |
|---|---|---|
| NA | cable1984ets | |
| LSA | NA | cable1984ets |
| NA | NA | |
| LSA | NA | cable1984ets |
| NA | NA |
Bibliographic references
- No bibliographic information available. [cable1984ets]
- No bibliographic information available. [Cable J.H.C. 1984. Economy and Technology in the Late Stone Age of Southern Natal (British Archaeological Reports International Series 20I).Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology9.]
- No bibliographic information available. [Humphreys A.J.B. 2009. A Riet River retrospective.Southern African Humanities21(1) pp.157-175.]
- No bibliographic information available. [Walker N.J. 1983. The significance of an early date for pottery and sheep in Zimbabwe.The South African Archaeological Bulletin pp.88-92.]
- https://github.com/emmaloftus/Southern-African-Radiocarbon-Database [SARD]
- 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]
@misc{cable1984ets,
}
@misc{Cable J.H.C. 1984. Economy and Technology in the Late Stone Age of Southern Natal (British Archaeological Reports International Series 20I).Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology9.,
}
@misc{Humphreys A.J.B. 2009. A Riet River retrospective.Southern African Humanities21(1) pp.157-175.,
}
@misc{Walker N.J. 1983. The significance of an early date for pottery and sheep in Zimbabwe.The South African Archaeological Bulletin pp.88-92.,
}
@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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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
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