Site type

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
033.783° S, 023.083° E
Coordinates (DMS)
033° 46' 00" E, 023° 04' 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-2286 HBC bone NA conventional 14C 5355±55 BP deacon1984lss
Pta-2287 GBL bone NA conventional 14C 6600±75 BP deacon1984lss
Pta-2307 YBL bone NA conventional 14C 9260±90 BP deacon1984lss
Pta-2812 PBW bone NA conventional 14C 7330±100 BP deacon1984lss
Pta-782 BBD/BHL charcoal NA conventional 14C 12330±130 BP deacon1984lss; lombard2012sal
Pta-2286 bone NA NA 5355±55 BP Deacon J. 1984. The Later Stone Age of Southernmost Africa (Vol. 213). British Archaeological Reports: Oxford. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-2287 bone NA NA 6600±75 BP Vogel JC. 2001. Radiometric dates for the Middle Stone Age in South Africa. In Tobias PV Raath MA Moggi-Cecchi J Doyle GA (eds). Humanity from African Naissance to Coming Millennia Florence University Press: Florence 261–268. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-2307 bone NA NA 9260±90 BP Sealy JC van der Merwe NJ. 1988. Social spatial and chronological patterning in marine food use as determined by d13 C measurements of Holocene human skeletons from the south-western Cape. World Archaeology 20(1):87–102. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-2812 bone NA NA 7330±100 BP Cable C. 1984. A model for terminal Later Stone Age subsistence strategies in southern Natal.In: Hall M. Avery G. Avery D.M. Wilson M.L. & Humphreys A.J.B. (eds) Frontiers: Southern African Archaeology Today. British Archaeological Reports International Series 207: Oxford pp.167-81. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-782 charcoal NA NA 12330±130 BP Pistorius J.C. Badenhorst S. and Plug I. 2001. Late Iron Age sites on Mmatshetshele Mountain in the Central Bankeveld of the North West Province South Africa.The South African Archaeological Bulletin 56 pp.46-56. Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (10)

Classification Estimated age References
LSA NA deacon1984lss
Wilton NA NA
LSA NA deacon1984lss
Wilton NA NA
LSA NA deacon1984lss
Oakhurst NA NA
LSA NA deacon1984lss
Oakhurst NA NA
LSA NA deacon1984lss; lombard2012sal
Robberg NA NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{deacon1984lss,
  
}
@misc{deacon1984lss; lombard2012sal,
  
}
@misc{Deacon J. 1984. The Later Stone Age of Southernmost Africa (Vol. 213). British Archaeological Reports: Oxford.,
  
}
@misc{Vogel JC. 2001. Radiometric dates for the Middle Stone Age in South Africa. In Tobias PV Raath MA Moggi-Cecchi J Doyle GA (eds). Humanity from African Naissance to Coming Millennia Florence University Press: Florence 261–268.,
  
}
@misc{Sealy JC van der Merwe NJ. 1988. Social spatial and chronological patterning in marine food use as determined by d13 C measurements of Holocene human skeletons from the south-western Cape. World Archaeology 20(1):87–102.,
  
}
@misc{Cable C. 1984. A model for terminal Later Stone Age subsistence strategies in southern Natal.In: Hall M. Avery G. Avery D.M. Wilson M.L. & Humphreys A.J.B. (eds) Frontiers: Southern African Archaeology Today. British Archaeological Reports International Series 207: Oxford pp.167-81.,
  
}
@misc{Pistorius J.C. Badenhorst S. and Plug I. 2001. Late Iron Age sites on Mmatshetshele Mountain in the Central Bankeveld of the North West Province South Africa.The South African Archaeological Bulletin 56 pp.46-56.,
  
}
@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: deacon1984lss
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: deacon1984lss; lombard2012sal
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Deacon J. 1984. The Later Stone Age of Southernmost Africa (Vol. 213).
  British Archaeological Reports: Oxford.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Vogel JC. 2001. Radiometric dates for the Middle Stone Age in South
  Africa. In Tobias PV Raath MA Moggi-Cecchi J Doyle GA (eds). Humanity from African
  Naissance to Coming Millennia Florence University Press: Florence 261–268.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Sealy JC van der Merwe NJ. 1988. Social spatial and chronological patterning
  in marine food use as determined by d13 C measurements of Holocene human skeletons
  from the south-western Cape. World Archaeology 20(1):87–102.
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Cable C. 1984. A model for terminal Later Stone Age subsistence strategies
  in southern Natal.In: Hall M. Avery G. Avery D.M. Wilson M.L. & Humphreys A.J.B.
  (eds) Frontiers: Southern African Archaeology Today. British Archaeological Reports
  International Series 207: Oxford pp.167-81.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Pistorius J.C. Badenhorst S. and Plug I. 2001. Late Iron Age sites on
  Mmatshetshele Mountain in the Central Bankeveld of the North West Province South
  Africa.The South African Archaeological Bulletin 56 pp.46-56.
: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}"
---
- :bibtex_key: p3k14c
  :bibtex_type: :article
  :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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