Site type

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
027.217° S, 016.517° E
Coordinates (DMS)
027° 13' 00" E, 016° 31' 00" S
Country (ISO 3166)
Namibia (NA)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (17)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
Pta-1202 plant remains NA conventional 14C 370±50 BP vogel1981prd
Pta-1202 plant remains NA NA 370±50 BP Vogel JC and Visser E. 1981. Pretoria Radiocarbon dates II. Radiocarbon 23: 43-80 Bird et al. 2022
KN-I.624 5-10 cm charcoal NA conventional 14C 6910±45 BP freundlich1980rm
KN-I.624 charcoal NA NA 6910±45 BP Freundlich JC Schwabedissen H and Wendt WE. 1980. Köln radiocarbon measurements II.Radiocarbon22(01) pp.68-81. Bird et al. 2022
KN-I.625 52 – 54 cm below datum charcoal NA conventional 14C 19320±320 BP freundlich1980rm
KN-I.625 charcoal NA NA 19320±320 BP Freundlich JC Schwabedissen H and Wendt WE. 1980. Köln radiocarbon measurements II.Radiocarbon22(01) pp.68-81. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-1203 5-538 charcoal NA conventional 14C 19700±200 BP vogel1981prd
Pta-1203 charcoal NA NA 19700±200 BP Huffman T.N. and Vogel J.C. 1991. The chronology of Great Zimbabwe.The South African Archaeological Bulletin pp.61-70. Bird et al. 2022
KN-I.627. charcoal NA NA 29900±1600 BP Freundlich JC Schwabedissen H and Wendt WE. 1980. Köln radiocarbon measurements II.Radiocarbon22(01) pp.68-81. Bird et al. 2022
KN-I.627. 113 – 115 cm below datum charcoal NA conventional 14C 29900±1600 BP freundlich1980rm
KN-I.628. 131 – 134 cm below datum charcoal NA conventional 14C 33500±750 BP freundlich1980rm
KN-I.628. charcoal NA NA 33500±750 BP Freundlich JC Schwabedissen H and Wendt WE. 1980. Köln radiocarbon measurements II.Radiocarbon22(01) pp.68-81. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-503 Eggshell NA NA 35600±680 BP 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. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-503 Eggshell Struthio camelus conventional 14C 35600±680 BP vogel1981prd
KN-I.629. charcoal NA NA 36000±1150 BP SARD Bird et al. 2022
KN-I.629. 84 – 87 cm below datum charcoal NA conventional 14C 36000±1150 BP freundlich1980rm
Pta-504 Eggshell Struthio camelus conventional 14C 49500± BP vogel1981prd

typological date Typological dates (17)

Classification Estimated age References
NA freundlich1980rm
LSA NA freundlich1980rm
ELSA NA NA
LSA NA freundlich1980rm
Final MSA NA NA
MSA NA freundlich1980rm
Final MSA NA NA
MSA NA freundlich1980rm
Final MSA NA NA
LSA NA vogel1981prd
Ceramic LSA NA NA
LSA NA vogel1981prd
ELSA NA NA
MSA NA vogel1981prd
Final MSA NA NA
MSA NA vogel1981prd
Final MSA NA NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{freundlich1980rm,
  
}
@misc{vogel1981prd,
  
}
@misc{Freundlich JC Schwabedissen H and Wendt WE. 1980. Köln radiocarbon measurements II.Radiocarbon22(01) pp.68-81.,
  
}
@misc{SARD,
  
}
@misc{Vogel JC and Visser E. 1981. Pretoria Radiocarbon dates II. Radiocarbon 23: 43-80,
  
}
@misc{Huffman T.N. and Vogel J.C. 1991. The chronology of Great Zimbabwe.The South African Archaeological Bulletin pp.61-70.,
  
}
@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{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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  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.'
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  :note: "{ Loftus, E., Mitchell, P., & Ramsey, C. (2019). An archaeological radiocarbon
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  :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
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  :volume: "{9}"
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  :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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