Site type

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
025.550° S, 026.280° E
Coordinates (DMS)
025° 33' 00" E, 026° 16' 00" S
Country (ISO 3166)
South Africa (ZA)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (14)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
Pta-5291 charcoal NA conventional 14C 330±20 BP huffman2007h
Pta-5416 charcoal NA conventional 14C 400±50 BP huffman2007h
Pta-5649 charcoal NA conventional 14C 280±40 BP huffman2007h
Pta-5650 charcoal NA conventional 14C 210±40 BP huffman2007h
Pta-5784 charcoal NA conventional 14C 230±45 BP huffman2007h
Pta-5785 charcoal NA conventional 14C 240±45 BP huffman2007h
Pta-7285 charcoal NA conventional 14C 300±50 BP huffman2007h
Pta-5291 charcoal NA NA 330±20 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-5416 charcoal NA NA 400±50 BP Parkington J. Fisher Jr J.W. and Tonner T.W. 2009. The fires are constant the shelters are whims: A feature map of Later Stone Age campsites at the Dunefield Midden site Western Cape province South Africa.The South African Archaeological Bulletin pp.104-121. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-5649 charcoal NA NA 280±40 BP Huffman TN. 2007. Handbook to the Iron Age: The archaeology of pre-colonial farming societies in southern Africa. University of KwaZulu Natal Press Pietermaritzberg Bird et al. 2022
Pta-5650 charcoal NA NA 210±40 BP Van der Ryst M.M. 1998.The Waterberg Plateau in the Northern Province Republic of South Africa in the Later Stone Age(Vol. 715). British Archaeological Reports International Series. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-5784 charcoal NA NA 230±45 BP Huffman TN. 2007. Handbook to the Iron Age: The archaeology of pre-colonial farming societies in southern Africa. University of KwaZulu Natal Press Pietermaritzberg Bird et al. 2022
Pta-5785 charcoal NA NA 240±45 BP Ribot I. Morris A.G. Sealy J. and Maggs T. 2010. Population history and economic change in the last 2000 years in KwaZulu-Natal RSA.Southern African Humanities22(1) pp.89-112. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-7285 charcoal NA NA 300±50 BP Pienaar M. Woodborne S. and Wadley L. 2008. Optically stimulated luminescence dating at Rose Cottage Cave: research letter.South African Journal of Science104(1-2) pp.65-70. Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (14)

Classification Estimated age References
Iron Age NA huffman2007h
Later Iron Age NA NA
Iron Age NA huffman2007h
Later Iron Age NA NA
Iron Age NA huffman2007h
Later Iron Age NA NA
Iron Age NA huffman2007h
Later Iron Age NA NA
Iron Age NA huffman2007h
Later Iron Age NA NA
Iron Age NA huffman2007h
Later Iron Age NA NA
Iron Age NA huffman2007h
Later Iron Age NA NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{huffman2007h,
  
}
@misc{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.,
  
}
@misc{Parkington J. Fisher Jr J.W. and Tonner T.W. 2009.  The fires are constant the shelters are whims: A feature map of Later Stone Age campsites at the Dunefield Midden site Western Cape province South Africa.The South African Archaeological Bulletin pp.104-121.,
  
}
@misc{Huffman TN. 2007. Handbook to the Iron Age: The archaeology of pre-colonial farming societies in southern Africa. University of KwaZulu Natal Press Pietermaritzberg,
  
}
@misc{Van der Ryst M.M. 1998.The Waterberg Plateau in the Northern Province Republic of South Africa in the Later Stone Age(Vol. 715). British Archaeological Reports International Series.,
  
}
@misc{Ribot I. Morris A.G. Sealy J. and Maggs T. 2010. Population history and economic change in the last 2000 years in KwaZulu-Natal RSA.Southern African Humanities22(1) pp.89-112.,
  
}
@misc{Pienaar M. Woodborne S. and Wadley L. 2008. Optically stimulated luminescence dating at Rose Cottage Cave: research letter.South African Journal of Science104(1-2) pp.65-70.,
  
}
@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: huffman2007h
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: '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.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Parkington J. Fisher Jr J.W. and Tonner T.W. 2009.  The fires are constant
  the shelters are whims: A feature map of Later Stone Age campsites at the Dunefield
  Midden site Western Cape province South Africa.The South African Archaeological
  Bulletin pp.104-121.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Huffman TN. 2007. Handbook to the Iron Age: The archaeology of pre-colonial
  farming societies in southern Africa. University of KwaZulu Natal Press Pietermaritzberg'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Van der Ryst M.M. 1998.The Waterberg Plateau in the Northern Province
  Republic of South Africa in the Later Stone Age(Vol. 715). British Archaeological
  Reports International Series.
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Ribot I. Morris A.G. Sealy J. and Maggs T. 2010. Population history and
  economic change in the last 2000 years in KwaZulu-Natal RSA.Southern African Humanities22(1)
  pp.89-112.
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Pienaar M. Woodborne S. and Wadley L. 2008. Optically stimulated luminescence
  dating at Rose Cottage Cave: research letter.South African Journal of Science104(1-2)
  pp.65-70.'
: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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