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 (18)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
Pta-8436 4&5 marine shell NA conventional 14C 1700±40 BP sadr2004fk
Pta-8446 11&12 marine shell NA conventional 14C 2540±60 BP sadr2004fk
Pta-8452 6&7 marine shell NA conventional 14C 2520±60 BP sadr2004fk
Pta-8719 4 marine shell NA conventional 14C 1685±20 BP sadr2004fk
Pta-8725 17 marine shell NA conventional 14C 2110±60 BP sadr2004fk
Pta-8732 8 marine shell NA conventional 14C 1940±60 BP sadr2004fk
Pta-8735 15 marine shell NA conventional 14C 1570±50 BP sadr2004fk
Pta-8762 28 marine shell NA conventional 14C 3890±60 BP sadr2004fk
Pta-8769 34 marine shell NA conventional 14C 4550±60 BP sadr2004fk
Pta-8436 marine shell NA NA 1700±40 BP Sadr K. Smith A. Plug I. Orton J. and Mütti B. 2003. Herders and foragers on Kasteelberg: interim report of excavations 1999-2002.The South African Archaeological Bulletin pp.27-32. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-8446 marine shell NA NA 2540±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-8452 marine shell NA NA 2520±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-8719 marine shell NA NA 1685±20 BP Vogel JC Fuls A and Visser E. 1986. Pretoria Radiocarbon dates III. Radiocarbon 28: 1133-117 Bird et al. 2022
Pta-8725 marine shell NA NA 2110±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-8732 marine shell NA NA 1940±60 BP Garate Maidagan D. 2011. Zephyrus 68: 15-39. De La Pena P. 2013 QI xxx Bird et al. 2022
Pta-8735 marine shell NA NA 1570±50 BP Pfeiffer S. Sealy J. Harrington L. Loftus E. and Maggs T. 2020. A Late Holocene community burial area: Evidence of diverse mortuary practices in the Western Cape South Africa.Plos one15(4) p.e0230391. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-8762 marine shell NA NA 3890±60 BP Pfeiffer S. Sealy J. Harrington L. Loftus E. and Maggs T. 2020. A Late Holocene community burial area: Evidence of diverse mortuary practices in the Western Cape South Africa.Plos one15(4) p.e0230391. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-8769 marine shell NA NA 4550±60 BP Vogel JC Fuls A and Visser E. 1986. Pretoria Radiocarbon dates III. Radiocarbon 28: 1133-117 Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (18)

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

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

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}
@misc{Sadr K. Smith A. Plug I. Orton J. and Mütti B. 2003. Herders and foragers on Kasteelberg: interim report of excavations 1999-2002.The South African Archaeological Bulletin pp.27-32.,
  
}
@misc{Sadr K. 2004. Feasting on Kasteelbergà Early herders on the west coast of South Africa.Before Farming2004(3) pp.1-17.,
  
}
@misc{Vogel JC Fuls A and Visser E. 1986. Pretoria Radiocarbon dates III. Radiocarbon 28: 1133-117,
  
}
@misc{Garate Maidagan D.  2011. Zephyrus 68: 15-39. De La Pena P.  2013 QI xxx,
  
}
@misc{Pfeiffer S. Sealy J. Harrington L. Loftus E. and Maggs T. 2020. A Late Holocene community burial area: Evidence of diverse mortuary practices in the Western Cape South Africa.Plos one15(4) p.e0230391.,
  
}
@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,
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    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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