Site type

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
020.360° S, 022.960° E
Coordinates (DMS)
020° 21' 00" E, 022° 57' 00" S
Country (ISO 3166)
Botswana (BW)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (16)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
AA-58186 NA other charcoal temper AMS 1639±33 BP 1683–1410 cal BP robbins2008rar
AA-58187 NA other charcoal temper AMS 643±31 BP 666–554 cal BP robbins2008rar
AA-58188 NA other charcoal temper AMS 571±31 BP 643–526 cal BP robbins2008rar
Beta-184609 NA charcoal NA AMS 1560±60 BP 1545–1311 cal BP robbins2008rar
Beta-186670 NA charcoal Bos taurus AMS 1480±40 BP 1413–1297 cal BP robbins2008rar
Beta-18669 NA bone Ovis aries AMS 2020±40 BP 2097–1833 cal BP robbins2008rar
Beta-1904888 NA bone Bos taurus AMS 2070±40 BP 2144–1925 cal BP robbins2008rar
Pta-5534 NA charcoal NA conventional 14C 1820±50 BP 1865–1589 cal BP huffman1994tpo
AA-58186 NA other NA NA 1639±33 BP 1683–1410 cal BP SARD Bird et al. 2022
AA-58187 NA other NA NA 643±31 BP 666–554 cal BP SARD Bird et al. 2022
AA-58188 NA other NA NA 571±31 BP 643–526 cal BP SARD Bird et al. 2022
Beta-184609 NA charcoal NA NA 1560±60 BP 1545–1311 cal BP SARD Bird et al. 2022
Beta-186670 NA charcoal NA NA 1480±40 BP 1413–1297 cal BP SARD Bird et al. 2022
Beta-18669 NA bone NA NA 2020±40 BP 2097–1833 cal BP SARD Bird et al. 2022
Beta-1904888 NA bone NA NA 2070±40 BP 2144–1925 cal BP SARD Bird et al. 2022
Pta-5534 NA charcoal NA NA 1820±50 BP 1865–1589 cal BP Smith A.B. Sadr K. Gribble J. and Yates R. 1991. Excavations in the south-western Cape South Africa and the archaeological identity of prehistoric hunter-gatherers within the last 2000 years.The South African Archaeological Bulletin pp.71-91. Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (16)

Classification Estimated age References
Iron Age NA robbins2008rar
Early Iron Age NA NA
Iron Age NA robbins2008rar
Early Iron Age NA NA
Iron Age NA robbins2008rar
Early Iron Age NA NA
Iron Age NA robbins2008rar
Early Iron Age NA NA
Iron Age NA robbins2008rar
Early Iron Age NA NA
Iron Age NA robbins2008rar
Early Iron Age NA NA
Iron Age NA robbins2008rar
Early Iron Age NA NA
Iron Age NA huffman1994tpo
Early Iron Age NA NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{robbins2008rar,
  
}
@misc{huffman1994tpo,
  
}
@misc{SARD,
  
}
@misc{Smith A.B. Sadr K. Gribble J. and Yates R. 1991. Excavations in the south-western Cape South Africa and the archaeological identity of prehistoric hunter-gatherers within the last 2000 years.The South African Archaeological Bulletin pp.71-91.,
  
}
@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}
}
@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}
}
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