Site type

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
028.794° S, 030.181° E
Coordinates (DMS)
028° 47' 00" E, 030° 10' 00" S
Country (ISO 3166)
South Africa (ZA)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (16)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
Pta-7227 Layer2 charcoal NA conventional 14C 360±45 BP 497–313 cal BP mazel1999ise
Pta-7229 Layer 4 charcoal NA conventional 14C 1170±50 BP 1243–958 cal BP mazel1999ise
Pta-7230 Layer 5 charcoal NA conventional 14C 1580±50 BP 1543–1355 cal BP mazel1999ise
Pta-7231 Layer 5 charcoal NA conventional 14C 1600±50 BP 1586–1367 cal BP mazel1999ise
Pta-7232 Layer 7 charcoal NA conventional 14C 2520±50 BP 2748–2430 cal BP mazel1999ise
Pta-7234 Layer 8 charcoal NA conventional 14C 3130±100 BP 3565–3070 cal BP mazel1999ise
Pta-7384 Layer 6 charcoal NA conventional 14C 1990±60 BP 2097–1745 cal BP mazel1999ise
Pta-7459 Layer3 charcoal NA conventional 14C 550±45 BP 645–510 cal BP mazel1999ise
Pta-7227 NA charcoal NA NA 360±45 BP 497–313 cal BP Clark A.M. 1999. Late Pleistocene technology at Rose Cottage Cave: A search for modern behavior in an MSA context.African Archaeological Review16(2) pp.93-119. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-7229 NA charcoal NA NA 1170±50 BP 1243–958 cal BP Mazel A.D. 1999. iNkolimahashi Shelter: the excavation of Later Stone Age rock shelter deposits in the central Thukela Basin KwaZulu-Natal South Africa.Southern African Humanities11(12) pp.1-21. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-7230 NA charcoal NA NA 1580±50 BP 1543–1355 cal BP Mazel A.D. 1999. iNkolimahashi Shelter: the excavation of Later Stone Age rock shelter deposits in the central Thukela Basin KwaZulu-Natal South Africa.Southern African Humanities11(12) pp.1-21. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-7231 NA charcoal NA NA 1600±50 BP 1586–1367 cal BP Mazel A.D. 1999. iNkolimahashi Shelter: the excavation of Later Stone Age rock shelter deposits in the central Thukela Basin KwaZulu-Natal South Africa.Southern African Humanities11(12) pp.1-21. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-7232 NA charcoal NA NA 2520±50 BP 2748–2430 cal BP Mazel A.D. 1999. iNkolimahashi Shelter: the excavation of Later Stone Age rock shelter deposits in the central Thukela Basin KwaZulu-Natal South Africa.Southern African Humanities11(12) pp.1-21. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-7234 NA charcoal NA NA 3130±100 BP 3565–3070 cal BP Vogel J.C. 2000. Radiocarbon dating of the Iron Age sequence in the Limpopo Valley.Goodwin Series pp.51-57. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-7384 NA charcoal NA NA 1990±60 BP 2097–1745 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-7459 NA charcoal NA NA 550±45 BP 645–510 cal BP Van Schalkwyk J.A. 2000. Excavation of a Late Iron Age site in the Makgabeng Northern Province.Southern African Field Archaeology9 pp.75-82. Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (16)

Classification Estimated age References
LSA NA mazel1999ise
Ceramic LSA NA NA
LSA NA mazel1999ise
Ceramic LSA NA NA
LSA NA mazel1999ise
Ceramic LSA NA NA
LSA NA mazel1999ise
Ceramic LSA NA NA
LSA NA mazel1999ise
Final LSA NA NA
LSA NA mazel1999ise
Final LSA NA NA
LSA NA mazel1999ise
Final LSA NA NA
LSA NA mazel1999ise
Ceramic LSA NA NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{mazel1999ise,
  
}
@misc{Vogel J.C. 2000. Radiocarbon dating of the Iron Age sequence in the Limpopo Valley.Goodwin Series pp.51-57.,
  
}
@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{Mazel A.D. 1999. iNkolimahashi Shelter: the excavation of Later Stone Age rock shelter deposits in the central Thukela Basin KwaZulu-Natal South Africa.Southern African Humanities11(12) pp.1-21.,
  
}
@misc{Clark A.M. 1999. Late Pleistocene technology at Rose Cottage Cave: A search for modern behavior in an MSA context.African Archaeological Review16(2) pp.93-119.,
  
}
@misc{Van Schalkwyk J.A. 2000. Excavation of a Late Iron Age site in the Makgabeng Northern Province.Southern African Field Archaeology9 pp.75-82.,
  
}
@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}
}
@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}
}
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:bibtex_key: 'Jerardino A. 2010. Large shell middens in Lamberts Bay South Africa:
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  pp.93-119.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Van Schalkwyk J.A. 2000. Excavation of a Late Iron Age site in the Makgabeng
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    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.}"
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    database for southern Africa. Antiquity, 93(370), 870-885. doi:10.15184/aqy.2019.75}"

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