Site type

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
029.950° S, 028.750° E
Coordinates (DMS)
029° 57' 00" E, 028° 45' 00" S
Country (ISO 3166)
Lesotho (LS)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (61)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
OxA-22791 9 charcoal NA AMS 33950±700 BP stewart2012afp
OxA-22792 10 charcoal NA AMS 34000±700 BP stewart2012afp
OxA-22793 20 charcoal NA AMS 42600±1600 BP stewart2012afp
OxA-22794 19 charcoal NA AMS 37900±750 BP stewart2012afp
OxA-22837 Layer 3 charcoal NA AMS 445±22 BP stewart2012afp
OxA-22838 5 charcoal NA AMS 3112±25 BP stewart2012afp
OxA-22839 8 charcoal NA AMS 34190±390 BP stewart2012afp
OxA-22963 6 charcoal NA AMS 333±23 BP stewart2012afp
OxA-22964 8 charcoal NA AMS 35600±450 BP stewart2012afp
OxA-22965 Layer 1 charcoal NA AMS 254±22 BP stewart2012afp
OxA-22966 Layer 2 charcoal NA AMS 3047±27 BP stewart2012afp
OxA-22967 Layer 3 charcoal NA AMS 207±22 BP stewart2012afp
OxA-22968 Layer 2 charcoal NA AMS 270±22 BP stewart2012afp
OxA-23028 5 charcoal NA AMS 20000±190 BP stewart2012afp
OxA-23029 8 charcoal NA AMS 34200±750 BP stewart2012afp
OxA-23030 12 charcoal NA AMS 33200±1200 BP stewart2012afp
OxA-23031 14 charcoal NA AMS 34150±640 BP stewart2012afp
OxA-23032 7 charcoal NA AMS 35400±900 BP stewart2012afp
OxA-23040 6 charcoal NA AMS 32040±370 BP stewart2012afp
Pta-1330 15 charcoal NA conventional 14C 42300±2100 BP vogel1986prd

typological date Typological dates (57)

Classification Estimated age References
MSA NA stewart2012afp
Final MSA NA NA
MSA NA stewart2012afp
Final MSA NA NA
MSA NA stewart2012afp
Final MSA NA NA
MSA NA stewart2012afp
Final MSA NA NA
NA stewart2012afp
LSA NA stewart2012afp
NA NA
MSA NA stewart2012afp
Final MSA NA NA
NA stewart2012afp
MSA NA stewart2012afp
Final MSA NA NA
NA stewart2012afp
LSA NA stewart2012afp
NA NA
NA stewart2012afp

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{stewart2012afp,
  
}
@misc{vogel1986prd,
  
}
@misc{Stewart B.A. Dewar G.I. Morley M.W. Inglis R.H. Wheeler M. Jacobs Z. and Roberts R.G. 2012. Afromontane foragers of the Late Pleistocene: Site formation chronology and occupational pulsing at Melikane Rockshelter Lesotho.Quaternary International270 pp.40-60.,
  
}
@misc{SARD,
  
}
@misc{Taborin Y. 1988. Dictionnaire de la Prehistoire. Paris. Langlais M.  2012. QI 272-273: 138-149.,
  
}
@misc{Vogel JC Fuls A and Visser E. 1986. Pretoria Radiocarbon dates III. Radiocarbon 28: 1133-117,
  
}
@misc{Maggs T.O.C. 1976.Iron Age communities of the southern Highveld(No. 2). Council of the Natal Museum.,
  
}
@misc{Weinstein-Evron 1991 Carmi and Segal 1992,
  
}
@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{Vogel JC and Visser E. 1981. Pretoria Radiocarbon dates II. Radiocarbon 23: 43-80,
  
}
@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: 'Stewart B.A. Dewar G.I. Morley M.W. Inglis R.H. Wheeler M. Jacobs Z.
  and Roberts R.G. 2012. Afromontane foragers of the Late Pleistocene: Site formation
  chronology and occupational pulsing at Melikane Rockshelter Lesotho.Quaternary International270
  pp.40-60.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: SARD
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Taborin Y. 1988. Dictionnaire de la Prehistoire. Paris. Langlais M.  2012.
  QI 272-273: 138-149.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Vogel JC Fuls A and Visser E. 1986. Pretoria Radiocarbon dates III.
  Radiocarbon 28: 1133-117'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Maggs T.O.C. 1976.Iron Age communities of the southern Highveld(No. 2).
  Council of the Natal Museum.
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Weinstein-Evron 1991 Carmi and Segal 1992
: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: 'Vogel JC and Visser E. 1981. Pretoria Radiocarbon dates II. Radiocarbon
  23: 43-80'
: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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