Site type

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
031.350° S, 017.917° E
Coordinates (DMS)
031° 21' 00" E, 017° 55' 00" S
Country (ISO 3166)
South Africa (ZA)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (8)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
GX-32062 Unknown marine shell NA AMS 3160±70 BP aco2018ud
GX-32063 Unknown marine shell NA AMS 3870±70 BP aco2018ud
Pta-6050 Layer 2 (LBS) marine shell NA conventional 14C 860±50 BP halkett1993eas
Pta-6053 Layer 5 (BBRL) marine shell NA conventional 14C 4510±30 BP halkett1993eas
GX-32062 marine shell NA NA 3160±70 BP Archaeological Contracts Office University of Cape Town http://www.aco-associates.com/ Bird et al. 2022
GX-32063 marine shell NA NA 3870±70 BP Orton J. & Halkett D. 2010. Stone tools beads and a river: two Holocene microlithic sites at Jakkalsberg in the northwestern Richtersveld Northern Cape. South African Archaeological Bulletin 65: 13–25. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-6050 marine shell NA NA 860±50 BP Halkett D. Hart T.J.G. and Parkington J.E. 1993. Excavations at six archaeological sites in the near shore diamond mining area Brand se Baai Namaqualand.Unpublished report prepared for De Beers Namaqualand Mines Division. University of Cape Town: Archaeology Contracts Office. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-6053 marine shell NA NA 4510±30 BP Mitchell P.J. 1996. The late Quaternary of the Lesotho Highlands southern Africa: Preliminary results and future potential of ongoing research at Sehonghong shelter.Quaternary International33 pp.35-43. Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (8)

Classification Estimated age References
LSA NA aco2018ud
NA NA
LSA NA aco2018ud
NA NA
LSA NA halkett1993eas
NA NA
LSA NA halkett1993eas
NA NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{aco2018ud,
  
}
@misc{halkett1993eas,
  
}
@misc{Archaeological Contracts Office University of Cape Town http://www.aco-associates.com/,
  
}
@misc{Orton J. & Halkett D. 2010. Stone tools beads and a river: two Holocene microlithic sites at Jakkalsberg in the northwestern Richtersveld Northern Cape. South African Archaeological Bulletin 65: 13–25.,
  
}
@misc{Halkett D. Hart T.J.G. and Parkington J.E. 1993. Excavations at six archaeological sites in the near shore diamond mining area Brand se Baai Namaqualand.Unpublished report prepared for De Beers Namaqualand Mines Division. University of Cape Town: Archaeology Contracts Office.,
  
}
@misc{Mitchell P.J. 1996. The late Quaternary of the Lesotho Highlands southern Africa: Preliminary results and future potential of ongoing research at Sehonghong shelter.Quaternary International33 pp.35-43.,
  
}
@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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:bibtex_key: 'Orton J. & Halkett D. 2010. Stone tools beads and a river: two Holocene
  microlithic sites at Jakkalsberg in the northwestern Richtersveld Northern Cape.
  South African Archaeological Bulletin 65: 13–25.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Halkett D. Hart T.J.G. and Parkington J.E. 1993. Excavations at six
  archaeological sites in the near shore diamond mining area Brand se Baai Namaqualand.Unpublished
  report prepared for De Beers Namaqualand Mines Division. University of Cape Town:
  Archaeology Contracts Office.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Mitchell P.J. 1996. The late Quaternary of the Lesotho Highlands southern
  Africa: Preliminary results and future potential of ongoing research at Sehonghong
  shelter.Quaternary International33 pp.35-43.'
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  :bibtex_type: :misc
  :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_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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