Site type

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
032.733° S, 017.933° E
Coordinates (DMS)
032° 43' 00" E, 017° 55' 00" S
Country (ISO 3166)
South Africa (ZA)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (14)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
OxA-3864 bone Ovis aries AMS 1630±60 BP smith1987ser
OxA-3865 bone Ovis aries AMS 1430±55 BP smith1987ser
Pta-3461 NA conventional 14C 1790±40 BP smith1987ser
Pta-3711 NA conventional 14C 1860±60 BP smith1987ser
Pta-8459 2 marine shell NA conventional 14C 1690±20 BP sadr2004fk
Pta-8461 5 marine shell NA conventional 14C 1570±60 BP sadr2004fk
Pta-8462 11 marine shell NA conventional 14C 1735±20 BP sadr2004fk
OxA-3864 bone NA NA 1630±60 BP Smith A.B. 1987.Seasonal exploitation of resources on the Vredenburg Peninsula after 2000 BP(No. 332 pp. 393-402). Oxford: BAR International Series. Bird et al. 2022
OxA-3865 bone NA NA 1430±55 BP SARD Bird et al. 2022
Pta-3461 NA NA 1790±40 BP Morris D. 1990. Dithakong:“the place of ruins”.In: Beaumont P. & Morris D. (eds) Guide to Archaeological Sites in the Northern Cape: 48-154.Kimberley: McGregor Museum. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-3711 NA NA 1860±60 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-8459 marine shell NA NA 1690±20 BP Sadr K. 2004. Feasting on Kasteelbergà Early herders on the west coast of South Africa.Before Farming2004(3) pp.1-17. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-8461 marine shell NA NA 1570±60 BP Sadr K. 2004. Feasting on Kasteelbergà Early herders on the west coast of South Africa.Before Farming2004(3) pp.1-17. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-8462 marine shell NA NA 1735±20 BP Haour A.C. 2003 Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (14)

Classification Estimated age References
LSA NA smith1987ser
Ceramic LSA NA NA
LSA NA smith1987ser
Ceramic LSA NA NA
LSA NA smith1987ser
Ceramic LSA NA NA
LSA NA smith1987ser
Ceramic LSA NA NA
LSA NA sadr2004fk
Ceramic LSA NA NA
LSA NA sadr2004fk
Ceramic LSA NA NA
LSA NA sadr2004fk
Ceramic LSA NA NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{smith1987ser,
  
}
@misc{sadr2004fk,
  
}
@misc{Smith A.B. 1987.Seasonal exploitation of resources on the Vredenburg Peninsula after 2000 BP(No. 332 pp. 393-402). Oxford: BAR International Series.,
  
}
@misc{SARD,
  
}
@misc{Morris D. 1990. Dithakong:“the place of ruins”.In: Beaumont P. & Morris D. (eds) Guide to Archaeological Sites in the Northern Cape: 48-154.Kimberley: McGregor Museum.,
  
}
@misc{Vogel J.C. 2000. Radiocarbon dating of the Iron Age sequence in the Limpopo Valley.Goodwin Series pp.51-57.,
  
}
@misc{Sadr K. 2004. Feasting on Kasteelbergà Early herders on the west coast of South Africa.Before Farming2004(3) pp.1-17.,
  
}
@misc{Haour A.C. 2003,
  
}
@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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  :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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    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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