Site type

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
028.181° S, 016.888° E
Coordinates (DMS)
028° 10' 00" E, 016° 53' 00" S
Country (ISO 3166)
South Africa (ZA)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (6)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
Pta-5958 Hearth 1 NA conventional 14C 1330±60 BP webley1997jcm
Pta-6100 Hearth 2 NA conventional 14C 1300±25 BP webley1997jcm
Pta-8494 Lens A (20 cm) NA conventional 14C 1250±50 BP gray2009cnm
Pta-5958 NA NA 1330±60 BP Webley L. Archer F. and Brink J. 1993. Die Toon: a late Holocene site in the Richtersveld National Park northern Cape.Koedoe36(2) pp.1-9. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-6100 NA NA 1300±25 BP Webley L. 1997. Jakkalsberg A and B: the cultural material from two pastoralist sites in the Richtersveld Northern Cape. Southern African Field Archaeology 6: 3–19. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-8494 NA NA 1250±50 BP Gray CED. 2009. Characterising the Namaqualand mudbelt: chronology palynology and palaeoenvironments. Unpublished PhD thesis University of Cape Town. Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (5)

Classification Estimated age References
NA gray2009cnm
Ceramic LSA NA NA
Ceramic LSA NA NA
LSA NA webley1997jcm
LSA NA webley1997jcm

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{webley1997jcm,
  
}
@misc{gray2009cnm,
  
}
@misc{Webley L. Archer F. and Brink J. 1993. Die Toon: a late Holocene site in the Richtersveld National Park northern Cape.Koedoe36(2) pp.1-9.,
  
}
@misc{Webley L. 1997. Jakkalsberg A and B: the cultural material from two pastoralist sites in the Richtersveld Northern Cape. Southern African Field Archaeology 6: 3–19.,
  
}
@misc{Gray CED. 2009. Characterising the Namaqualand mudbelt: chronology palynology and palaeoenvironments. Unpublished PhD thesis University of Cape Town.,
  
}
@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: 'Webley L. 1997. Jakkalsberg A and B: the cultural material from two
  pastoralist sites in the Richtersveld Northern Cape. Southern African Field Archaeology
  6: 3–19.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Gray CED. 2009. Characterising the Namaqualand mudbelt: chronology palynology
  and palaeoenvironments. Unpublished PhD thesis University of Cape Town.'
: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}"
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  :author: "{Bird, Darcy and Miranda, Lux and Vander Linden, Marc and Robinson, Erick
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    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
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  :volume: "{9}"
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  :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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