Site type

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
030.294° S, 017.272° E
Coordinates (DMS)
030° 17' 00" E, 017° 16' 00" S
Country (ISO 3166)
South Africa (ZA)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (28)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
GrA-0930 Layer 9, GAS 2, C4 bone Ovis aries AMS 1490±50 BP webley2002esc
GrA-9027 Layer 7, YBS, D6 bone Ovis aries AMS 1260±50 BP webley2002esc
GrA-9028 Layer 10,SAS, C6 bone Ovis aries AMS 1900±50 BP webley2002esc
GrA-9029 Layer 9, GAS2 C6 bone Ovis aries AMS 1890±50 BP webley2002esc
GrA-9032 Layer 10,SAS C6, 60-67 cm bone Ovis aries AMS 1900±50 BP webley2002esc
OxA-3862 FBS (?Layers 7-9 of 1994 dig) bone Ovis aries AMS 2105±65 BP sealy1994cip
Pta-4745 Hearth 12 above FBS andShelly Patch 91 cm NA conventional 14C 1920±40 BP vogel1997dis; webley1992hap
Pta-4753 C9, Hearth 3 in Twiggy 20 cm NA conventional 14C 1390±50 BP vogel1997dis; webley1992hap
Pta-6334 C9, Patella 45 cm marine other Jasus lalandii conventional 14C 2020±60 BP vogel1997dis; webley1992hap
Pta-6749 Layer 6b, Twiggy 6, C6, 40-50 cm NA conventional 14C 1930±50 BP vogel1997dis; webley1992hap
Pta-6750 Layer 4, CST, C6, 12-15 cm NA conventional 14C 1450±50 BP vogel1997dis; webley1992hap
Pta-6754 Layer 13 Hearth 34, D5, 50 cm/60-100 cm NA conventional 14C 3520±50 BP vogel1997dis; webley1992hap
Pta-6987 Layer 12, BSB2, D5, 50 cm NA conventional 14C 3580±60 BP webley2002esc
Pta-7200 Layer 10,SAS C6, 60-67 cm NA conventional 14C 2400±25 BP vogel1997dis; webley1992hap
GrA-0930 bone NA NA 1490±50 BP SARD Bird et al. 2022
GrA-9027 bone NA NA 1260±50 BP Webley L 2002. The re-excavation of Spoegrivier Cave on the west coast of South Africa. Annals of the Eastern Cape Museums 2:19–49. Bird et al. 2022
GrA-9028 bone NA NA 1900±50 BP Webley L 2002. The re-excavation of Spoegrivier Cave on the west coast of South Africa. Annals of the Eastern Cape Museums 2:19–49. Bird et al. 2022
GrA-9029 bone NA NA 1890±50 BP Webley L 2002. The re-excavation of Spoegrivier Cave on the west coast of South Africa. Annals of the Eastern Cape Museums 2:19–49. Bird et al. 2022
GrA-9032 bone NA NA 1900±50 BP Weiser W. 1996. Eraul 76:: 105-113. Antl. W. : www.iabrno.cz/pv/antl.pdf. Walpurga A. Quaternary Science Journal 62 / 2: 2013 / 120-126 . Bird et al. 2022
OxA-3862 bone NA NA 2105±65 BP Hedges R.E.M. Housley R.A. Ramsey C.B. and Van Klinken G.J. 1994. Radiocarbon dates from the Oxford AMS system: Archaeometry datelist 18.Archaeometry36(2) pp.337-374. Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (28)

Classification Estimated age References
LSA NA webley2002esc
Ceramic LSA NA NA
LSA NA webley2002esc
Ceramic LSA NA NA
LSA NA webley2002esc
Final LSA NA NA
LSA NA webley2002esc
Final LSA NA NA
LSA NA webley2002esc
Final LSA NA NA
LSA NA sealy1994cip
Ceramic LSA NA NA
LSA NA vogel1997dis; webley1992hap
Ceramic LSA NA NA
LSA NA vogel1997dis; webley1992hap
Ceramic LSA NA NA
LSA NA vogel1997dis; webley1992hap
Ceramic LSA NA NA
LSA NA vogel1997dis; webley1992hap
Ceramic LSA NA NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{webley2002esc,
  
}
@misc{sealy1994cip,
  
}
@misc{vogel1997dis; webley1992hap,
  
}
@misc{SARD,
  
}
@misc{Webley L 2002. The re-excavation of Spoegrivier Cave on the west coast of South Africa. Annals of the Eastern Cape Museums 2:19–49.,
  
}
@misc{Weiser W. 1996. Eraul 76:: 105-113. Antl. W. :  www.iabrno.cz/pv/antl.pdf. Walpurga A. Quaternary Science Journal  62 /  2: 2013 / 120-126 .,
  
}
@misc{Hedges R.E.M. Housley R.A. Ramsey C.B. and Van Klinken G.J. 1994. Radiocarbon dates from the Oxford AMS system: Archaeometry datelist 18.Archaeometry36(2) pp.337-374.,
  
}
@misc{Villa P. Soriano S. Tsanova T. Degano I. Higham T.F. d’Errico F. Backwell L. Lucejko J.J. Colombini M.P. and Beaumont P.B. 2012. Border cave and the beginning of the later stone age in South Africa.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences109(33) pp.13208-13213.,
  
}
@misc{Kaplan J. and Mitchell P. 2012. The archaeology of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project Phases IA and IB.Southern African Humanities24(1) pp.1-32.,
  
}
@misc{Vogel J.C. 2000. Radiocarbon dating of the Iron Age sequence in the Limpopo Valley.Goodwin Series pp.51-57.,
  
}
@misc{Sealy J. Ludwig B. and Henderson Z. 2006. New radiocarbon dates for Matjes River rock shelter.The South African Archaeological Bulletin pp.98-101.,
  
}
@misc{Vogel JC Fuls A and Visser E. 1986. Pretoria Radiocarbon dates III. Radiocarbon 28: 1133-117,
  
}
@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_key: webley2002esc
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: sealy1994cip
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: vogel1997dis; webley1992hap
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: SARD
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Webley L 2002. The re-excavation of Spoegrivier Cave on the west coast
  of South Africa. Annals of the Eastern Cape Museums 2:19–49.
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Weiser W. 1996. Eraul 76:: 105-113. Antl. W. :  www.iabrno.cz/pv/antl.pdf.
  Walpurga A. Quaternary Science Journal  62 /  2: 2013 / 120-126 .'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Hedges R.E.M. Housley R.A. Ramsey C.B. and Van Klinken G.J. 1994. Radiocarbon
  dates from the Oxford AMS system: Archaeometry datelist 18.Archaeometry36(2) pp.337-374.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Villa P. Soriano S. Tsanova T. Degano I. Higham T.F. d’Errico F. Backwell
  L. Lucejko J.J. Colombini M.P. and Beaumont P.B. 2012. Border cave and the beginning
  of the later stone age in South Africa.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences109(33)
  pp.13208-13213.
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Kaplan J. and Mitchell P. 2012. The archaeology of the Lesotho Highlands
  Water Project Phases IA and IB.Southern African Humanities24(1) pp.1-32.
: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: Sealy J. Ludwig B. and Henderson Z. 2006. New radiocarbon dates for Matjes
  River rock shelter.The South African Archaeological Bulletin pp.98-101.
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Vogel JC Fuls A and Visser E. 1986. Pretoria Radiocarbon dates III.
  Radiocarbon 28: 1133-117'
: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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