Site type

Location

200 m
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Coordinates (degrees)
028.317° S, 030.467° E
Coordinates (DMS)
028° 19' 00" E, 030° 28' 00" S
Country (ISO 3166)
South Africa (ZA)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (22)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
Pta-6535 Layer 11 NA conventional 14C 4170±130 BP 5047–4295 cal BP mazel1997mse
Pta-6538 Layer 3 NA conventional 14C 970±50 BP 958–745 cal BP mazel1997mse
Pta-6539 Layer 8 NA conventional 14C 2930±20 BP 3156–3002 cal BP mazel1997mse
Pta-6540 Layer 10 NA conventional 14C 4010±60 BP 4800–4292 cal BP mazel1997mse
Pta-6541 Layer 2 NA conventional 14C 790±50 BP 789–655 cal BP mazel1997mse
Pta-6542 Layer 6 NA conventional 14C 2260±50 BP 2351–2146 cal BP mazel1997mse
Pta-6543 Layer 5 NA conventional 14C 1520±20 BP 1410–1351 cal BP mazel1997mse
Pta-6700 Layer 7 NA conventional 14C 2630±60 BP 2871–2498 cal BP mazel1997mse
Pta-6708 Layer 7 NA conventional 14C 2840±60 BP 3149–2783 cal BP mazel1997mse
Pta-6715 Layer 1 NA conventional 14C 660±50 BP 675–550 cal BP mazel1997mse
Pta-6966 Layer 4 NA conventional 14C 1750±50 BP 1730–1538 cal BP mazel1997mse
Pta-6535 NA NA 4170±130 BP 5047–4295 cal BP Mazel A.D. 1997. Mzinyashana Shelters 1 and 2: excavation of mid and late Holocene deposits in the eastern Biggarsberg Thukela Basin South Africa.Southern African Humanities9(12) pp.1-35. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-6538 NA NA 970±50 BP 958–745 cal BP Mazel A.D. 1997. Mzinyashana Shelters 1 and 2: excavation of mid and late Holocene deposits in the eastern Biggarsberg Thukela Basin South Africa.Southern African Humanities9(12) pp.1-35. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-6539 NA NA 2930±20 BP 3156–3002 cal BP Mazel A.D. 1997. Mzinyashana Shelters 1 and 2: excavation of mid and late Holocene deposits in the eastern Biggarsberg Thukela Basin South Africa.Southern African Humanities9(12) pp.1-35. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-6540 NA NA 4010±60 BP 4800–4292 cal BP Mazel A.D. 1997. Mzinyashana Shelters 1 and 2: excavation of mid and late Holocene deposits in the eastern Biggarsberg Thukela Basin South Africa.Southern African Humanities9(12) pp.1-35. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-6541 NA NA 790±50 BP 789–655 cal BP Mazel A.D. 1997. Mzinyashana Shelters 1 and 2: excavation of mid and late Holocene deposits in the eastern Biggarsberg Thukela Basin South Africa.Southern African Humanities9(12) pp.1-35. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-6542 NA NA 2260±50 BP 2351–2146 cal BP Mazel A.D. 1997. Mzinyashana Shelters 1 and 2: excavation of mid and late Holocene deposits in the eastern Biggarsberg Thukela Basin South Africa.Southern African Humanities9(12) pp.1-35. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-6543 NA NA 1520±20 BP 1410–1351 cal 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-6700 NA NA 2630±60 BP 2871–2498 cal BP Döckel W. 1998.Re-investigation of the Matjes River rock shelter(Masters dissertation Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University). Bird et al. 2022
Pta-6708 NA NA 2840±60 BP 3149–2783 cal BP Henshilwood C.S. 2008.Holocene prehistory of the southern Cape South Africa: excavations at Blombos Cave and the Blombosfontein Nature Reserve. Oxford: Archaeopress. Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (22)

Classification Estimated age References
LSA NA mazel1997mse
Wilton NA NA
LSA NA mazel1997mse
Ceramic LSA NA NA
LSA NA mazel1997mse
Final LSA NA NA
LSA NA mazel1997mse
Wilton NA NA
LSA NA mazel1997mse
Ceramic LSA NA NA
LSA NA mazel1997mse
Final LSA NA NA
LSA NA mazel1997mse
Ceramic LSA NA NA
LSA NA mazel1997mse
Final LSA NA NA
LSA NA mazel1997mse
Final LSA NA NA
LSA NA mazel1997mse
Ceramic LSA NA NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{mazel1997mse,
  
}
@misc{Mazel A.D. 1997. Mzinyashana Shelters 1 and 2: excavation of mid and late Holocene deposits in the eastern Biggarsberg Thukela Basin South Africa.Southern African Humanities9(12) pp.1-35.,
  
}
@misc{Vogel J.C. 2000. Radiocarbon dating of the Iron Age sequence in the Limpopo Valley.Goodwin Series pp.51-57.,
  
}
@misc{Döckel W. 1998.Re-investigation of the Matjes River rock shelter(Masters dissertation Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University).,
  
}
@misc{Henshilwood C.S. 2008.Holocene prehistory of the southern Cape South Africa: excavations at Blombos Cave and the Blombosfontein Nature Reserve. Oxford: Archaeopress.,
  
}
@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{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{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_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Mazel A.D. 1997. Mzinyashana Shelters 1 and 2: excavation of mid and
  late Holocene deposits in the eastern Biggarsberg Thukela Basin South Africa.Southern
  African Humanities9(12) pp.1-35.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Vogel J.C. 2000. Radiocarbon dating of the Iron Age sequence in the Limpopo
  Valley.Goodwin Series pp.51-57.
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Döckel W. 1998.Re-investigation of the Matjes River rock shelter(Masters
  dissertation Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University).'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Henshilwood C.S. 2008.Holocene prehistory of the southern Cape South
  Africa: excavations at Blombos Cave and the Blombosfontein Nature Reserve. Oxford:
  Archaeopress.'
: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: 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: 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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