Site type

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
032.006° S, 018.305° E
Coordinates (DMS)
032° 00' 00" E, 018° 18' 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-7129 Layer 1 marine shell Choromytilus meridionalis conventional 14C 2760±45 BP 2955–2765 cal BP jerardino2010lsm
Pta-7131 Layer 3 marine shell Choromytilus meridionalis conventional 14C 4800±60 BP 5650–5326 cal BP jerardino2010lsm
Pta-7132 Layer 4 marine shell Choromytilus meridionalis conventional 14C 5390±70 BP 6298–5999 cal BP jerardino2010lsm
Pta-7387 Layer 2 marine shell Cymbula granatina conventional 14C 3690±50 BP 4215–3890 cal BP jerardino2010lsm
Pta-7129 marine shell NA NA 2760±45 BP 2955–2765 cal BP Jerardino A. 2010. Large shell middens in Lamberts Bay South Africa: a case of hunter-gatherer resource intensification. Journal of Archaeological Science 37:2291–2302. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-7131 marine shell NA NA 4800±60 BP 5650–5326 cal BP Jerardino A. 2010. Large shell middens in Lamberts Bay South Africa: a case of hunter-gatherer resource intensification. Journal of Archaeological Science 37:2291–2302. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-7132 marine shell NA NA 5390±70 BP 6298–5999 cal BP Opperman H. 1999. A 300 year-old living floor in Strathalan Cave A Maclear District Eastern Cape.Southern African Field Archaeology8 pp.76-80. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-7387 marine shell NA NA 3690±50 BP 4215–3890 cal BP Pienaar M. Woodborne S. and Wadley L. 2008. Optically stimulated luminescence dating at Rose Cottage Cave: research letter.South African Journal of Science104(1-2) pp.65-70. Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (8)

Classification Estimated age References
LSA NA jerardino2010lsm
NA NA
LSA NA jerardino2010lsm
NA NA
LSA NA jerardino2010lsm
NA NA
LSA NA jerardino2010lsm
NA NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{jerardino2010lsm,
  
}
@misc{Jerardino A. 2010. Large shell middens in Lamberts Bay South Africa: a case of hunter-gatherer resource intensification. Journal of Archaeological Science 37:2291–2302.,
  
}
@misc{Opperman H. 1999. A 300 year-old living floor in Strathalan Cave A Maclear District Eastern Cape.Southern African Field Archaeology8 pp.76-80.,
  
}
@misc{Pienaar M. Woodborne S. and Wadley L. 2008. Optically stimulated luminescence dating at Rose Cottage Cave: research letter.South African Journal of Science104(1-2) pp.65-70.,
  
}
@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
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