Site type

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
030.983° S, 028.383° E
Coordinates (DMS)
030° 58' 00" E, 028° 22' 00" S
Country (ISO 3166)
South Africa (ZA)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (20)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
Pta-4642 VBP charcoal NA conventional 14C 27600±420 BP opperman1990msp; opperman1992rrs
Pta-4644 SWA charcoal NA conventional 14C 25700±400 BP opperman1996sne
Pta-4858 BPL charcoal NA conventional 14C 22500±230 BP opperman1990msp; opperman1992rrs
Pta-4869 BPL plant remains NA conventional 14C 23200±200 BP opperman1990msp; opperman1992rrs
Pta-4874 BPL plant remains NA conventional 14C 23100±100 BP opperman1990msp; opperman1992rrs
Pta-4931 BPL plant remains NA conventional 14C 24200±640 BP opperman1990msp; opperman1992rrs
Pta-4944 BPL plant remains NA conventional 14C 20900±350 BP opperman1990msp; opperman1992rrs
Pta-5040 SWA charcoal NA conventional 14C 26900±450 BP opperman1996sne
Pta-5059 BPL plant remains NA conventional 14C 22800±530 BP opperman1990msp; opperman1992rrs
Pta-5569 VFB charcoal NA conventional 14C 29250±260 BP opperman1996sne
Pta-4642 charcoal NA NA 27600±420 BP Opperman H. 1996. Strathalan Cave B north-eastern Cape Province South Africa: evidence for human behaviour 29000-26000 years ago.Quaternary International33 pp.45-53. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-4644 charcoal NA NA 25700±400 BP Wei√ühaar 1989 Bird et al. 2022
Pta-4858 charcoal NA NA 22500±230 BP Mazel A.D. 1990. Mhlwazini Cave: the excavation of late Holocene deposits in the northern Natal Drakensberg Natal South Africa.Southern African Humanities2(11) pp.95-133. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-4869 plant remains NA NA 23200±200 BP Beaumont PB. Smith A.B. & Vogel J.C. 1995. Before the Einiqua: the archaeology of the frontier zone. In: Smith A.B. (ed.) Einiqualand: Studies of the Orange River Frontier: 236-264. Cape Town: UCT Press. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-4874 plant remains NA NA 23100±100 BP 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. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-4931 plant remains NA NA 24200±640 BP SARD Bird et al. 2022
Pta-4944 plant remains NA NA 20900±350 BP Manhire A. 1993. A report on the excavations at Faraoskop Rock Shelter in the Graafwater district of the south-western Cape.Southern African Field Archaeology2 pp.3-23. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-5040 charcoal NA NA 26900±450 BP Mazel A.D. 1990. Mhlwazini Cave: the excavation of late Holocene deposits in the northern Natal Drakensberg Natal South Africa.Southern African Humanities2(11) pp.95-133. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-5059 plant remains NA NA 22800±530 BP Vogel JC Fuls A and Visser E. 1986. Pretoria Radiocarbon dates III. Radiocarbon 28: 1133-117 Bird et al. 2022
Pta-5569 charcoal NA NA 29250±260 BP Mazel A.D. 1993. KwaThwaleyakhe Shelter: the excavation of mid and late Holocene deposits in the central Thukela Basin Natal South Africa.Southern African Humanities5(10) pp.1-36. Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (20)

Classification Estimated age References
MSA NA opperman1990msp; opperman1992rrs
Final MSA NA NA
MSA NA opperman1996sne
Final MSA NA NA
MSA NA opperman1990msp; opperman1992rrs
Final MSA NA NA
MSA NA opperman1990msp; opperman1992rrs
Final MSA NA NA
MSA NA opperman1990msp; opperman1992rrs
Final MSA NA NA
MSA NA opperman1990msp; opperman1992rrs
Final MSA NA NA
MSA NA opperman1990msp; opperman1992rrs
Final MSA NA NA
MSA NA opperman1996sne
Final MSA NA NA
MSA NA opperman1990msp; opperman1992rrs
Final MSA NA NA
MSA NA opperman1996sne
Final MSA NA NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{opperman1990msp; opperman1992rrs,
  
}
@misc{opperman1996sne,
  
}
@misc{Opperman H. 1996. Strathalan Cave B north-eastern Cape Province South Africa: evidence for human behaviour 29000-26000 years ago.Quaternary International33 pp.45-53.,
  
}
@misc{Weißhaar 1989,
  
}
@misc{Mazel A.D. 1990. Mhlwazini Cave: the excavation of late Holocene deposits in the northern Natal Drakensberg Natal South Africa.Southern African Humanities2(11) pp.95-133.,
  
}
@misc{Beaumont PB. Smith A.B. & Vogel J.C. 1995. Before the Einiqua: the archaeology of the frontier zone. In: Smith A.B. (ed.) Einiqualand: Studies of the Orange River Frontier: 236-264. Cape Town: UCT Press.,
  
}
@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{SARD,
  
}
@misc{Manhire A. 1993. A report on the excavations at Faraoskop Rock Shelter in the Graafwater district of the south-western Cape.Southern African Field Archaeology2 pp.3-23.,
  
}
@misc{Vogel JC Fuls A and Visser E. 1986. Pretoria Radiocarbon dates III. Radiocarbon 28: 1133-117,
  
}
@misc{Mazel A.D. 1993. KwaThwaleyakhe Shelter: the excavation of mid and late Holocene deposits in the central Thukela Basin Natal South Africa.Southern African Humanities5(10) pp.1-36.,
  
}
@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: opperman1990msp; opperman1992rrs
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: opperman1996sne
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Opperman H. 1996. Strathalan Cave B north-eastern Cape Province South
  Africa: evidence for human behaviour 29000-26000 years ago.Quaternary International33
  pp.45-53.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Weißhaar 1989
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Mazel A.D. 1990. Mhlwazini Cave: the excavation of late Holocene deposits
  in the northern Natal Drakensberg Natal South Africa.Southern African Humanities2(11)
  pp.95-133.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Beaumont PB. Smith A.B. & Vogel J.C. 1995. Before the Einiqua: the archaeology
  of the frontier zone. In: Smith A.B. (ed.) Einiqualand: Studies of the Orange River
  Frontier: 236-264. Cape Town: UCT Press.'
: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: SARD
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Manhire A. 1993. A report on the excavations at Faraoskop Rock Shelter
  in the Graafwater district of the south-western Cape.Southern African Field Archaeology2
  pp.3-23.
: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: 'Mazel A.D. 1993. KwaThwaleyakhe Shelter: the excavation of mid and late
  Holocene deposits in the central Thukela Basin Natal South Africa.Southern African
  Humanities5(10) pp.1-36.'
: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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