Site type

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
028.147° S, 029.937° E
Coordinates (DMS)
028° 08' 00" E, 029° 56' 00" S
Country (ISO 3166)
South Africa (ZA)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (11)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
Pta-3269 3; WA 1B, R10 charcoal NA conventional 14C 3190±60 BP mazel1988nsr
Pta-3275 5; WA 2B R11 charcoal NA conventional 14C 3950±70 BP mazel1988nsr
Pta-3276 7; WA 3B, R10 charcoal NA conventional 14C 4590±70 BP mazel1988nsr
Pta-3443 3; WA 1H, S13 charcoal NA conventional 14C 2480±60 BP mazel1988nsr
Pta-3455 10; GA 2B, R10 charcoal NA conventional 14C 6650±80 BP mazel1988nsr
Pta-3460 9; GA 2B, R10 charcoal NA conventional 14C 5760±70 BP mazel1988nsr
Pta-3269 charcoal NA NA 3190±60 BP Mazel A.D. 1988. Nkupe Shelter: report on excavations in the eastern Biggarsbeg Thukela Basin Natal South Africa.Annals of the Natal Museum29(2) pp.321-377. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-3275 charcoal NA NA 3950±70 BP Mazel A.D. 1988. Nkupe Shelter: report on excavations in the eastern Biggarsbeg Thukela Basin Natal South Africa.Annals of the Natal Museum29(2) pp.321-377. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-3276 charcoal NA NA 4590±70 BP Evers T.M. Voigt E.A. and de Villiers H. 1982. Excavations at the Lydenburg heads site eastern Transvaal South Africa.The South African Archaeological Bulletin 37 pp.16-33. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-3443 charcoal NA NA 2480±60 BP Morris D. 1990. Dithakong:“the place of ruins”.In: Beaumont P. & Morris D. (eds) Guide to Archaeological Sites in the Northern Cape: 48-154.Kimberley: McGregor Museum. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-3455 charcoal NA NA 6650±80 BP Beaumont PB and Vogel JC. 1984. Spatial patterning of the Ceramic Later Stone Age in the northern Cape South Africa. In: Hall M. Avery G. Avery D.M. Wilson M.L. & Humphreys A.J.B. (eds) Frontiers: Southern African Archaeology Today: 80-95. Oxford: British Archaeological Reports International Series 207 Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (12)

Classification Estimated age References
LSA NA mazel1988nsr
Final LSA NA NA
LSA NA mazel1988nsr
Wilton NA NA
LSA NA mazel1988nsr
Wilton NA NA
LSA NA mazel1988nsr
Final LSA NA NA
LSA NA mazel1988nsr
Wilton NA NA
LSA NA mazel1988nsr
Wilton NA NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{mazel1988nsr,
  
}
@misc{Mazel A.D. 1988. Nkupe Shelter: report on excavations in the eastern Biggarsbeg Thukela Basin Natal South Africa.Annals of the Natal Museum29(2) pp.321-377.,
  
}
@misc{Evers T.M. Voigt E.A. and de Villiers H. 1982. Excavations at the Lydenburg heads site eastern Transvaal South Africa.The South African Archaeological Bulletin 37 pp.16-33.,
  
}
@misc{Morris D. 1990. Dithakong:“the place of ruins”.In: Beaumont P. & Morris D. (eds) Guide to Archaeological Sites in the Northern Cape: 48-154.Kimberley: McGregor Museum.,
  
}
@misc{Beaumont PB and Vogel JC. 1984. Spatial patterning of the Ceramic Later Stone Age in the northern Cape South Africa. In: Hall M. Avery G. Avery D.M. Wilson M.L. & Humphreys A.J.B. (eds) Frontiers: Southern African Archaeology Today: 80-95. Oxford: British Archaeological Reports International Series 207,
  
}
@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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    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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