Site type

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
028.182° S, 032.511° E
Coordinates (DMS)
028° 10' 00" E, 032° 30' 00" S
Country (ISO 3166)
South Africa (ZA)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (10)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
Pta-1847 Layer 2. Spit 4 charcoal NA conventional 14C 1650±50 BP hall1980ezc
Pta-1848 Layer 2, Spit 1 charcoal NA conventional 14C 160±45 BP hall1980ezc
Pta-1977 Layer 2 Spit 6 charcoal NA conventional 14C 1540±60 BP hall1980ezc
Pta-2485 Layer B charcoal NA conventional 14C 300±50 BP hall1980ezc
Pta-2537 Layer B charcoal NA conventional 14C 90±50 BP hall1980ezc
Pta-1847 charcoal NA NA 1650±50 BP Hall M. 1980. Enkwazini an Iron Age site on the Zululand coast.Annals of the Natal Museum24(1) pp.97-109. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-1848 charcoal NA NA 160±45 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-1977 charcoal NA NA 1540±60 BP Maggs T. 1980. Mzonjani and the beginning of the Iron Age in Natal.Annals of the Natal Museum24(1) pp.71-96. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-2485 charcoal NA NA 300±50 BP Humphreys AJ and Thackeray AI. 1983.Ghaap and Gariep: Later Stone Age studies in the northern Cape(No. 2). South African Archaeological Society:Cape Town. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-2537 charcoal NA NA 90±50 BP Beaumont PB. 1990. Wonderwerk Cave. In Beaumont P. B. and Morris D. (eds.)Guide to Archaeological Sites in the Northern Cape Southern African Association of Archaeologists Kimberley pp. 101–134. Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (10)

Classification Estimated age References
Iron Age NA hall1980ezc
Early Iron Age NA NA
Iron Age NA hall1980ezc
NA NA
Iron Age NA hall1980ezc
Early Iron Age NA NA
Iron Age NA hall1980ezc
NA NA
Iron Age NA hall1980ezc
NA NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{hall1980ezc,
  
}
@misc{Hall M. 1980. Enkwazini an Iron Age site on the Zululand coast.Annals of the Natal Museum24(1) pp.97-109.,
  
}
@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{Maggs T. 1980. Mzonjani and the beginning of the Iron Age in Natal.Annals of the Natal Museum24(1) pp.71-96.,
  
}
@misc{Humphreys AJ and Thackeray AI. 1983.Ghaap and Gariep: Later Stone Age studies in the northern Cape(No. 2). South African Archaeological Society:Cape Town.,
  
}
@misc{Beaumont PB. 1990. Wonderwerk Cave. In Beaumont P. B. and Morris D. (eds.)Guide to Archaeological Sites in the Northern Cape Southern African Association of Archaeologists Kimberley pp. 101–134.,
  
}
@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: 'Morris AG. 1992. The skeletons of contact. A study of protohistoric
  burials from the lower Orange River valley South Africa. Witwatersrand University
  Press: Johannesburg'
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  of the Natal Museum24(1) pp.71-96.
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---
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---
:bibtex_key: Beaumont PB. 1990. Wonderwerk Cave. In Beaumont P. B. and Morris D. (eds.)Guide
  to Archaeological Sites in the Northern Cape Southern African Association of Archaeologists
  Kimberley pp. 101–134.
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  :note: "{ Loftus, E., Mitchell, P., & Ramsey, C. (2019). An archaeological radiocarbon
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  :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,
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  :month: "{jan}"
  :journal: "{Scientific Data}"
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  :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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