Site type

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
032.301° S, 018.348° E
Coordinates (DMS)
032° 18' 00" E, 018° 20' 00" S
Country (ISO 3166)
South Africa (ZA)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (60)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
CAMS-113296 eggshell Struthio camelus AMS 6135±40 BP orton2006rhl
CAMS-113297 marine shell Donax serra AMS 3325±35 BP orton2006rhl
Pta-4799 KIR charcoal NA conventional 14C 710±45 BP parkington2009fcs
Pta-4801 SHA marine shell NA conventional 14C 1350±70 BP parkington2009fcs
Pta-4802 ELA charcoal NA conventional 14C 680±50 BP parkington2009fcs
Pta-4807 SHA charcoal NA conventional 14C 510±40 BP parkington2009fcs
Pta-5031 FRA marine shell NA conventional 14C 1240±40 BP parkington2009fcs
Pta-5061 FRA charcoal NA conventional 14C 580±50 BP parkington2009fcs
Pta-5062 KIR charcoal NA conventional 14C 640±40 BP parkington2009fcs
Pta-5070 FRA marine shell NA conventional 14C 1130±40 BP parkington2009fcs
Pta-5071 ELA marine shell NA conventional 14C 1140±40 BP parkington2009fcs
Pta-5276 ELA charcoal NA conventional 14C 620±50 BP parkington2009fcs
Pta-5277 KIR charcoal NA conventional 14C 600±40 BP parkington2009fcs
Pta-5280 PET charcoal NA conventional 14C 650±50 BP parkington2009fcs
Pta-5405 PET marine shell NA conventional 14C 1190±40 BP parkington2009fcs
Pta-5415 ELA marine shell NA conventional 14C 1290±40 BP parkington2009fcs
Pta-5419 ELA marine shell NA conventional 14C 35±35 BP parkington2009fcs
Pta-6337 FRA charcoal NA conventional 14C 640±20 BP parkington2009fcs
Pta-6721 BER charcoal NA conventional 14C 690±50 BP parkington2009fcs
Pta-6730 PET charcoal NA conventional 14C 570±50 BP parkington2009fcs

typological date Typological dates (60)

Classification Estimated age References
LSA NA orton2006rhl
NA NA
LSA NA orton2006rhl
NA NA
LSA NA parkington2009fcs
NA NA
LSA NA parkington2009fcs
NA NA
LSA NA parkington2009fcs
NA NA
LSA NA parkington2009fcs
NA NA
LSA NA parkington2009fcs
NA NA
LSA NA parkington2009fcs
NA NA
LSA NA parkington2009fcs
NA NA
LSA NA parkington2009fcs
NA NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{orton2006rhl,
  
}
@misc{parkington2009fcs,
  
}
@misc{Orton J. and Compton J.S. 2006. A reworked mid-Holocene lithic assemblage at Dunefield midden 1 Elands Bay South Africa.The South African Archaeological Bulletin pp.90-95.,
  
}
@misc{SARD,
  
}
@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{Manhire A. 1993. A report on the excavations at Faraoskop Rock Shelter in the Graafwater district of the south-western Cape.Southern African Field Archaeology2 pp.3-23.,
  
}
@misc{Vogel JC and Visser E. 1981. Pretoria Radiocarbon dates II. Radiocarbon 23: 43-80,
  
}
@misc{Mazel A.D. 1992. Collingham Shelter: the excavation of late Holocene deposits Natal South Africa.Southern African Humanities4(10) pp.1-51.,
  
}
@misc{Sealy JC Patrick MK Morris AG and Alder D. 1992. Diet and dental caries among later stone age inhabitants of the Cape Province South Africa.American Journal of Physical Anthropology88(2) pp.123-134.,
  
}
@misc{Huffman TN. 2007. Handbook to the Iron Age: The archaeology of pre-colonial farming societies in southern Africa. University of KwaZulu Natal Press Pietermaritzberg,
  
}
@misc{Weinstein-Evron 1991,
  
}
@misc{Jerardino AMS. 1996.Changing social landscapes of the western Cape coast of southern Africa over the last 4500 years(Doctoral dissertation University of Cape Town).,
  
}
@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{Carter P.L. Mitchell P.J. and Vinnicombe P. 1988. Sehonghong: The Middle and Later Stone Age industrial sequence at a Lesotho rockshelter. British Archaeological Reports International Series.,
  
}
@misc{Huffman T.N. and Vogel J.C. 1991. The chronology of Great Zimbabwe.The South African Archaeological Bulletin pp.61-70.,
  
}
@misc{Biemond W.M. 2014.The Iron Age sequence around a Limpopo River floodplain on Basinghall farm Tuli Block Botswana during the second millennium AD(Masters dissertation UNISA).,
  
}
@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: orton2006rhl
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: parkington2009fcs
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Orton J. and Compton J.S. 2006. A reworked mid-Holocene lithic assemblage
  at Dunefield midden 1 Elands Bay South Africa.The South African Archaeological Bulletin
  pp.90-95.
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: SARD
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: '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.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Manhire A. 1993. A report on the excavations at Faraoskop Rock Shelter
  in the Graafwater district of the south-western Cape.Southern African Field Archaeology2
  pp.3-23.
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Vogel JC and Visser E. 1981. Pretoria Radiocarbon dates II. Radiocarbon
  23: 43-80'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Mazel A.D. 1992. Collingham Shelter: the excavation of late Holocene
  deposits Natal South Africa.Southern African Humanities4(10) pp.1-51.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Sealy JC Patrick MK Morris AG and Alder D. 1992. Diet and dental caries
  among later stone age inhabitants of the Cape Province South Africa.American Journal
  of Physical Anthropology88(2) pp.123-134.
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Huffman TN. 2007. Handbook to the Iron Age: The archaeology of pre-colonial
  farming societies in southern Africa. University of KwaZulu Natal Press Pietermaritzberg'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Weinstein-Evron 1991
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Jerardino AMS. 1996.Changing social landscapes of the western Cape coast
  of southern Africa over the last 4500 years(Doctoral dissertation University of
  Cape Town).
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: '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.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Carter P.L. Mitchell P.J. and Vinnicombe P. 1988. Sehonghong: The Middle
  and Later Stone Age industrial sequence at a Lesotho rockshelter. British Archaeological
  Reports International Series.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Huffman T.N. and Vogel J.C. 1991. The chronology of Great Zimbabwe.The
  South African Archaeological Bulletin pp.61-70.
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Biemond W.M. 2014.The Iron Age sequence around a Limpopo River floodplain
  on Basinghall farm Tuli Block Botswana during the second millennium AD(Masters dissertation
  UNISA).
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
- :bibtex_key: SARD
  :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}"
---
- :bibtex_key: p3k14c
  :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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