Site type

Location

200 m
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Coordinates (degrees)
032.807° S, 017.884° E
Coordinates (DMS)
032° 48' 00" E, 017° 53' 00" S
Country (ISO 3166)
South Africa (ZA)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (8)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
Pta-1615 Level 1 charcoal NA conventional 14C 870±50 BP 909–684 cal BP robertshaw1977eps
Pta-1616 Level 1 charcoal NA conventional 14C 855±45 BP 905–678 cal BP robertshaw1977eps
Pta-1637 Level 6 bone Chersina conventional 14C 1000±70 BP 1057–739 cal BP robertshaw1977eps
Pta-1717 Level 5 marine shell NA conventional 14C 3510±60 BP 3968–3592 cal BP robertshaw1977eps
Pta-1615 charcoal NA NA 870±50 BP 909–684 cal BP Robertshaw P.T. 1977. Excavations at Paternoster south-western Cape.The South African Archaeological Bulletin pp.63-73. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-1616 charcoal NA NA 855±45 BP 905–678 cal BP Davies O. 1971. Excavations at Blackburn.The South African Archaeological Bulletin26(103/104) pp.165-178. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-1637 bone NA NA 1000±70 BP 1057–739 cal BP Morais J.M.F. 1987.The early farming communities of southern Mozambique(Doctoral dissertation University of Oxford). Bird et al. 2022
Pta-1717 marine shell NA NA 3510±60 BP 3968–3592 cal BP Kennedy G.E. 1983 Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (8)

Classification Estimated age References
LSA NA robertshaw1977eps
Ceramic LSA NA NA
LSA NA robertshaw1977eps
Ceramic LSA NA NA
LSA NA robertshaw1977eps
NA NA
LSA NA robertshaw1977eps
NA NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{robertshaw1977eps,
  
}
@misc{Robertshaw P.T. 1977. Excavations at Paternoster south-western Cape.The South African Archaeological Bulletin pp.63-73.,
  
}
@misc{Davies O. 1971. Excavations at Blackburn.The South African Archaeological Bulletin26(103/104) pp.165-178.,
  
}
@misc{Morais J.M.F. 1987.The early farming communities of southern Mozambique(Doctoral dissertation University of Oxford).,
  
}
@misc{Kennedy G.E. 1983,
  
}
@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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    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
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