Site type

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
030.469° S, 017.361° E
Coordinates (DMS)
030° 28' 00" E, 017° 21' 00" S
Country (ISO 3166)
South Africa (ZA)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (10)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
GX-32756 Layer 3 H43 TOP marine shell NA AMS 3810±145 BP orton2007mas
GX-32757 Layer 4 H43 Layer 6 marine shell NA AMS 4180±90 BP orton2007mas
OxA-24552 Layer 1 A39 2nd layer bone Chersina AMS 2190±27 BP orton2012han
OxA-24553 Layer 1 A39 4th layer bone Chersina AMS 2176±27 BP orton2012han
OxA-24554 Layer 2 A39 8th layer bone Chersina AMS 2796±27 BP orton2012han
GX-32756 marine shell NA NA 3810±145 BP Orton J. 2007. Mitigation of archaeological sites within the Buffels Marine Buffels Inland and Koingnaas Complexes Namaqualand August to September 2007. Unpublished report prepared for De Beers Consolidated Mines NM. University of Cape Town: Archaeology Contracts Office. Bird et al. 2022
GX-32757 marine shell NA NA 4180±90 BP Orton J. & Halkett D. 2010. Stone tools beads and a river: two Holocene microlithic sites at Jakkalsberg in the northwestern Richtersveld Northern Cape. South African Archaeological Bulletin 65: 13–25. Bird et al. 2022
OxA-24552 bone NA NA 2190±27 BP Orton J. 2012.Late Holocene archaeology in Namaqualand South Africa: hunter-gatherers and herders in a semi-arid environment(Doctoral dissertation University of Oxford). Bird et al. 2022
OxA-24553 bone NA NA 2176±27 BP Orton J. 2012.Late Holocene archaeology in Namaqualand South Africa: hunter-gatherers and herders in a semi-arid environment(Doctoral dissertation University of Oxford). Bird et al. 2022
OxA-24554 bone NA NA 2796±27 BP Orton J. 2012.Late Holocene archaeology in Namaqualand South Africa: hunter-gatherers and herders in a semi-arid environment(Doctoral dissertation University of Oxford). Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (10)

Classification Estimated age References
LSA NA orton2007mas
NA NA
LSA NA orton2007mas
NA NA
LSA NA orton2012han
NA NA
LSA NA orton2012han
NA NA
LSA NA orton2012han
NA NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references 

@misc{orton2007mas,
  
}
@misc{orton2012han,
  
}
@misc{Orton J. 2007. Mitigation of archaeological sites within the Buffels Marine Buffels Inland and Koingnaas Complexes Namaqualand August to September 2007. Unpublished report prepared for De Beers Consolidated Mines NM. University of Cape Town: Archaeology Contracts Office.,
  
}
@misc{Orton J. & Halkett D. 2010. Stone tools beads and a river: two Holocene microlithic sites at Jakkalsberg in the northwestern Richtersveld Northern Cape. South African Archaeological Bulletin 65: 13–25.,
  
}
@misc{Orton J. 2012.Late Holocene archaeology in Namaqualand South Africa: hunter-gatherers and herders in a semi-arid environment(Doctoral dissertation University of Oxford).,
  
}
@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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  Unpublished report prepared for De Beers Consolidated Mines NM. University of Cape
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  South African Archaeological Bulletin 65: 13–25.'
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  hunter-gatherers and herders in a semi-arid environment(Doctoral dissertation University
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    projects, funded over the past decade, have assembled such databases from multiple
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    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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