Site type

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
029.460° S, 029.796° E
Coordinates (DMS)
029° 27' 00" E, 029° 47' 00" S
Country (ISO 3166)
South Africa (ZA)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (14)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
Pta-5092 TBS wood NA conventional 14C 650±50 BP 673–550 cal BP mazel1992cse
Pta-5096 BSV2 charcoal NA conventional 14C 1800±50 BP 1823–1574 cal BP mazel1992cse
Pta-5098 GAD wood NA conventional 14C 1830±50 BP 1869–1601 cal BP mazel1992cse
Pta-5101 BSV3 charcoal NA conventional 14C 1880±45 BP 1922–1704 cal BP mazel1992cse
Pta-5265 BSV1 charcoal NA conventional 14C 1810±60 BP 1865–1548 cal BP mazel1992cse
Pta-5274 VP2 charcoal NA conventional 14C 1770±50 BP 1780–1538 cal BP mazel1992cse
Pta-5408 TBS charcoal NA conventional 14C 1260±50 BP 1286–1070 cal BP mazel1992cse
Pta-5092 wood NA NA 650±50 BP 673–550 cal BP Mazel A.D. 1992. Collingham Shelter: the excavation of late Holocene deposits Natal South Africa.Southern African Humanities4(10) pp.1-51. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-5096 charcoal NA NA 1800±50 BP 1823–1574 cal BP Mazel A.D. 1992. Collingham Shelter: the excavation of late Holocene deposits Natal South Africa.Southern African Humanities4(10) pp.1-51. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-5098 wood NA NA 1830±50 BP 1869–1601 cal BP Mazel A.D. 1992. Collingham Shelter: the excavation of late Holocene deposits Natal South Africa.Southern African Humanities4(10) pp.1-51. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-5101 charcoal NA NA 1880±45 BP 1922–1704 cal BP Mazel A.D. 1990. Mhlwazini Cave: the excavation of late Holocene deposits in the northern Natal Drakensberg Natal South Africa.Southern African Humanities2(11) pp.95-133. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-5265 charcoal NA NA 1810±60 BP 1865–1548 cal BP Morris AG. 1992. The skeletons of contact. A study of protohistoric burials from the lower Orange River valley South Africa. Witwatersrand University Press: Johannesburg Bird et al. 2022
Pta-5274 charcoal NA NA 1770±50 BP 1780–1538 cal BP Parkington J. Fisher Jr J.W. and Tonner T.W. 2009. The fires are constant the shelters are whims: A feature map of Later Stone Age campsites at the Dunefield Midden site Western Cape province South Africa.The South African Archaeological Bulletin pp.104-121. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-5408 charcoal NA NA 1260±50 BP 1286–1070 cal BP Mitchell P.J. Parkington J.E. and Yates R. 1994. Recent Holocene archaeology in western and southern Lesotho.The South African Archaeological Bulletin pp.33-52. Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (14)

Classification Estimated age References
LSA NA mazel1992cse
Ceramic LSA NA NA
LSA NA mazel1992cse
Ceramic LSA NA NA
LSA NA mazel1992cse
Ceramic LSA NA NA
LSA NA mazel1992cse
Ceramic LSA NA NA
LSA NA mazel1992cse
Ceramic LSA NA NA
LSA NA mazel1992cse
Ceramic LSA NA NA
LSA NA mazel1992cse
Ceramic LSA NA NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references 

@misc{mazel1992cse,
  
}
@misc{Mazel A.D. 1992. Collingham Shelter: the excavation of late Holocene deposits Natal South Africa.Southern African Humanities4(10) pp.1-51.,
  
}
@misc{Mazel A.D. 1990. Mhlwazini Cave: the excavation of late Holocene deposits in the northern Natal Drakensberg Natal South Africa.Southern African Humanities2(11) pp.95-133.,
  
}
@misc{Morris AG. 1992. The skeletons of contact. A study of protohistoric burials from the lower Orange River valley South Africa. Witwatersrand University Press: Johannesburg,
  
}
@misc{Parkington J. Fisher Jr J.W. and Tonner T.W. 2009.  The fires are constant the shelters are whims: A feature map of Later Stone Age campsites at the Dunefield Midden site Western Cape province South Africa.The South African Archaeological Bulletin pp.104-121.,
  
}
@misc{Mitchell P.J. Parkington J.E. and Yates R. 1994. Recent Holocene archaeology in western and southern Lesotho.The South African Archaeological Bulletin pp.33-52.,
  
}
@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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  Press: Johannesburg'
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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
    modeling, or summed probability distribution methodologies.}"
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