Kaditshwene second central court midden

Site type

Location

Coordinates (degrees): 025.360° S, 026.170° E
Coordinates (DMS): 025° 21' 00" E, 026° 10' 00" S
Country (ISO 3166): South Africa (ZA)

Lab ID	Context	Material	Taxon	Method	Uncalibrated age	Calibrated age	References
Pta-5293	NA	charcoal	NA	conventional 14C	180±20 BP	287–142 cal BP	boeyens2011cwg
Pta-5296	NA	charcoal	NA	conventional 14C	200±20 BP	294–146 cal BP	boeyens2011cwg
Pta-5870	NA	charcoal	NA	conventional 14C	180±45 BP	302–56 cal BP	boeyens2011cwg
Pta-7033	NA	charcoal	NA	conventional 14C	200±40 BP	309–65 cal BP	boeyens2011cwg
Pta-7039	NA	charcoal	NA	conventional 14C	160±50 BP	289–161 cal BP	boeyens2011cwg
Pta-7046	NA	charcoal	NA	conventional 14C	220±45 BP	427–64 cal BP	boeyens2011cwg
Pta-5293	NA	charcoal	NA	NA	180±20 BP	287–142 cal BP	Boeyens J.C.A. and Plug I. 2011. 'A chief is like an ash-heap on which is gathered all the refuse': the faunal remains from the central court midden at Kaditshwene.Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History1(1) pp.1-22. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-5296	NA	charcoal	NA	NA	200±20 BP	294–146 cal BP	Parkington J. 1992. Making sense of sequence at the Elands Bay cave western Cape South Africa.Guide to archaeological sites in the south-western Cape6 p.12. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-5870	NA	charcoal	NA	NA	180±45 BP	302–56 cal 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-7033	NA	charcoal	NA	NA	200±40 BP	309–65 cal BP	Boeyens J.C.A. and Plug I. 2011. 'A chief is like an ash-heap on which is gathered all the refuse': the faunal remains from the central court midden at Kaditshwene.Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History1(1) pp.1-22. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-7039	NA	charcoal	NA	NA	160±50 BP	289–161 cal BP	Vogel JC Fuls A and Visser E. 1986. Pretoria Radiocarbon dates III. Radiocarbon 28: 1133-117 Bird et al. 2022
Pta-7046	NA	charcoal	NA	NA	220±45 BP	427–64 cal BP	Deacon H.J. 1976.Where hunters gathered: a study of Holocene Stone Age people in the eastern Cape(No. 1). South African Archaeological Society. Bird et al. 2022

Classification	Estimated age	References
Iron Age	NA	boeyens2011cwg
Later Iron Age	NA	NA
Iron Age	NA	boeyens2011cwg
Later Iron Age	NA	NA
Iron Age	NA	boeyens2011cwg
Later Iron Age	NA	NA
Iron Age	NA	boeyens2011cwg
Later Iron Age	NA	NA
Iron Age	NA	boeyens2011cwg
Later Iron Age	NA	NA
Iron Age	NA	boeyens2011cwg
Later Iron Age	NA	NA

Bibliographic references

No bibliographic information available. [boeyens2011cwg]
No bibliographic information available. [Parkington J. 1992. Making sense of sequence at the Elands Bay cave western Cape South Africa.Guide to archaeological sites in the south-western Cape6 p.12.]
No bibliographic information available. [Vogel JC Fuls A and Visser E. 1986. Pretoria Radiocarbon dates III. Radiocarbon 28: 1133-117]
No bibliographic information available. [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.]
No bibliographic information available. [Boeyens J.C.A. and Plug I. 2011. 'A chief is like an ash-heap on which is gathered all the refuse': the faunal remains from the central court midden at Kaditshwene.Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History1(1) pp.1-22.]
No bibliographic information available. [Deacon H.J. 1976.Where hunters gathered: a study of Holocene Stone Age people in the eastern Cape(No. 1). South African Archaeological Society.]
Bird, D., Miranda, L., Vander Linden, M., Robinson, E., Bocinsky, R. K., Nicholson, C., Capriles, J. M., Finley, J. B., Gayo, E. M., Gil, A., d’Alpoim Guedes, J., Hoggarth, J. A., Kay, A., Loftus, E., Lombardo, U., Mackie, M., Palmisano, A., Solheim, S., Kelly, R. L., & Freeman, J. (2022). P3k14c, a Synthetic Global Database of Archaeological Radiocarbon Dates. Scientific Data, 9(1), 27. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01118-7 [p3k14c]
https://github.com/emmaloftus/Southern-African-Radiocarbon-Database [SARD]

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@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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    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
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