Site type

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
022.833° S, 030.150° E
Coordinates (DMS)
022° 49' 00" E, 030° 09' 00" S
Country (ISO 3166)
South Africa (ZA)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (22)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
Pta-7247 NA charcoal NA conventional 14C 480±40 BP 621–472 cal BP vogel2000rds
Pta-7249 NA wood NA conventional 14C 320±40 BP 475–301 cal BP vogel2000rds
Pta-7251 NA charcoal NA conventional 14C 440±40 BP 542–330 cal BP vogel2000rds
Pta-7252 NA charcoal NA conventional 14C 500±40 BP 623–493 cal BP vogel2000rds
Pta-7429 NA charcoal NA conventional 14C 350±50 BP 495–309 cal BP vogel2000rds
Pta-7430 NA charcoal NA conventional 14C 630±50 BP 667–545 cal BP vogel2000rds
Pta-7554 NA charcoal NA conventional 14C 350±20 BP 480–315 cal BP vogel2000rds
Pta-7580 NA charcoal NA conventional 14C 350±40 BP 492–313 cal BP vogel2000rds
Pta-7587 NA wood NA conventional 14C 300±40 BP 470–290 cal BP vogel2000rds
Pta-7657 NA charcoal NA conventional 14C 360±40 BP 495–314 cal BP vogel2000rds
Pta-7663 NA charcoal NA conventional 14C 350±50 BP 495–309 cal BP vogel2000rds
Pta-7247 NA charcoal NA NA 480±40 BP 621–472 cal BP Vogel J.C. 2000. Radiocarbon dating of the Iron Age sequence in the Limpopo Valley.Goodwin Series pp.51-57. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-7249 NA wood NA NA 320±40 BP 475–301 cal BP Vogel J.C. 2000. Radiocarbon dating of the Iron Age sequence in the Limpopo Valley.Goodwin Series pp.51-57. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-7251 NA charcoal NA NA 440±40 BP 542–330 cal BP Vogel J.C. 2000. Radiocarbon dating of the Iron Age sequence in the Limpopo Valley.Goodwin Series pp.51-57. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-7252 NA charcoal NA NA 500±40 BP 623–493 cal BP Backwell L. Bhagwandas-Jogibhai K. Fenn G. James C. Laue G. Matier J. and Wallace C. 1996. Twyfelpoort Shelter: a Later Stone Age sequence.Southern African Field Archaeology5(2) pp.84-95. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-7429 NA charcoal NA NA 350±50 BP 495–309 cal BP Vogel J.C. 2000. Radiocarbon dating of the Iron Age sequence in the Limpopo Valley.Goodwin Series pp.51-57. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-7430 NA charcoal NA NA 630±50 BP 667–545 cal BP Vogel J.C. 2000. Radiocarbon dating of the Iron Age sequence in the Limpopo Valley.Goodwin Series pp.51-57. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-7554 NA charcoal NA NA 350±20 BP 480–315 cal BP Vogel J.C. 2000. Radiocarbon dating of the Iron Age sequence in the Limpopo Valley.Goodwin Series pp.51-57. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-7580 NA charcoal NA NA 350±40 BP 492–313 cal BP Vogel J.C. 2000. Radiocarbon dating of the Iron Age sequence in the Limpopo Valley.Goodwin Series pp.51-57. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-7587 NA wood NA NA 300±40 BP 470–290 cal BP Huffman T.N. 1998. Presidential address: the antiquity of lobola.The South African Archaeological Bulletin 53 pp.57-62. Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (22)

Classification Estimated age References
Iron Age NA vogel2000rds
NA NA
Iron Age NA vogel2000rds
NA NA
Iron Age NA vogel2000rds
NA NA
Iron Age NA vogel2000rds
NA NA
Iron Age NA vogel2000rds
NA NA
Iron Age NA vogel2000rds
NA NA
Iron Age NA vogel2000rds
NA NA
Iron Age NA vogel2000rds
NA NA
Iron Age NA vogel2000rds
NA NA
Iron Age NA vogel2000rds
NA NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{vogel2000rds,
  
}
@misc{Vogel J.C. 2000. Radiocarbon dating of the Iron Age sequence in the Limpopo Valley.Goodwin Series pp.51-57.,
  
}
@misc{Backwell L. Bhagwandas-Jogibhai K. Fenn G. James C. Laue G. Matier J. and Wallace C. 1996. Twyfelpoort Shelter: a Later Stone Age sequence.Southern African Field Archaeology5(2) pp.84-95.,
  
}
@misc{Huffman T.N. 1998. Presidential address: the antiquity of lobola.The South African Archaeological Bulletin 53 pp.57-62.,
  
}
@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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    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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