Site type

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
020.170° S, 015.500° E
Coordinates (DMS)
020° 10' 00" E, 015° 30' 00" S
Country (ISO 3166)
Namibia (NA)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (18)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
Pta-2720 charcoal NA conventional 14C 1790±50 BP smith1995ega
Pta-4413 charcoal NA conventional 14C 1980±50 BP smith1995ega
Pta-4414 charcoal NA conventional 14C 2110±60 BP smith1995ega
Pta-4416 charcoal NA conventional 14C 800±50 BP smith1995ega
Pta-4419 plant remains NA conventional 14C 1790±80 BP smith1995ega
Pta-5871 charcoal NA conventional 14C 2090±45 BP smith1995ega
Pta-5872 charcoal NA conventional 14C 2300±50 BP smith1995ega
Pta-5873 charcoal NA conventional 14C 2040±50 BP smith1995ega
Pta-5875 charcoal NA conventional 14C 1970±40 BP smith1995ega
Pta-2720 charcoal NA NA 1790±50 BP Vogel JC Fuls A and Visser E. 1986. Pretoria Radiocarbon dates III. Radiocarbon 28: 1133-117 Bird et al. 2022
Pta-4413 charcoal NA NA 1980±50 BP Smith A.B. and Jacobson L. 1995. Excavations at Geduld and the appearance of early domestic stock in Namibia.South African Archaeological Bulletin50(161) pp.3-14. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-4414 charcoal NA NA 2110±60 BP Smith A.B. and Jacobson L. 1995. Excavations at Geduld and the appearance of early domestic stock in Namibia.South African Archaeological Bulletin50(161) pp.3-14. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-4416 charcoal NA NA 800±50 BP Smith A.B. and Jacobson L. 1995. Excavations at Geduld and the appearance of early domestic stock in Namibia.South African Archaeological Bulletin50(161) pp.3-14. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-4419 plant remains NA NA 1790±80 BP Patrick M.K. 1989.An archaeological anthropological study of the human skeletal remains from the Oakhurst Rockshelter George Cape Province Southern Africa(Doctoral dissertation University of Cape Town). Bird et al. 2022
Pta-5871 charcoal NA NA 2090±45 BP Smith A.B. and Jacobson L. 1995. Excavations at Geduld and the appearance of early domestic stock in Namibia.South African Archaeological Bulletin50(161) pp.3-14. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-5872 charcoal NA NA 2300±50 BP Smith A.B. and Jacobson L. 1995. Excavations at Geduld and the appearance of early domestic stock in Namibia.South African Archaeological Bulletin50(161) pp.3-14. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-5873 charcoal NA NA 2040±50 BP Smith A.B. and Jacobson L. 1995. Excavations at Geduld and the appearance of early domestic stock in Namibia.South African Archaeological Bulletin50(161) pp.3-14. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-5875 charcoal NA NA 1970±40 BP Mazel A.D. 1996. Maqonqo Shelter: the excavation of Holocene deposits in the eastern Biggarsberg thukela Basin South Africa.Southern African Humanities8(12) pp.1-39. Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (18)

Classification Estimated age References
LSA NA smith1995ega
LSA NA smith1995ega
LSA NA smith1995ega
LSA NA smith1995ega
LSA NA smith1995ega
LSA NA smith1995ega
LSA NA smith1995ega
LSA NA smith1995ega
LSA NA smith1995ega
NA NA
NA NA
NA NA
NA NA
NA NA
NA NA
NA NA
NA NA
NA NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{smith1995ega,
  
}
@misc{Vogel JC Fuls A and Visser E. 1986. Pretoria Radiocarbon dates III. Radiocarbon 28: 1133-117,
  
}
@misc{Smith A.B. and Jacobson L. 1995. Excavations at Geduld and the appearance of early domestic stock in Namibia.South African Archaeological Bulletin50(161) pp.3-14.,
  
}
@misc{Patrick M.K. 1989.An archaeological anthropological study of the human skeletal remains from the Oakhurst Rockshelter George Cape Province Southern Africa(Doctoral dissertation University of Cape Town).,
  
}
@misc{Mazel A.D. 1996. Maqonqo Shelter: the excavation of Holocene deposits in the eastern Biggarsberg thukela Basin South Africa.Southern African Humanities8(12) pp.1-39.,
  
}
@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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  pp.3-14.
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  in the eastern Biggarsberg thukela Basin South Africa.Southern African Humanities8(12)
  pp.1-39.'
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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.}"
  :copyright: "{2022 The Author(s)}"
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