Site type

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
031.526° S, 018.601° E
Coordinates (DMS)
031° 31' 00" E, 018° 36' 00" S
Country (ISO 3166)
South Africa (ZA)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (10)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
D-AMS-004516 Hole III Layer 11 charcoal NA AMS 1829±27 BP steele2016vrm
D-AMS-004517 Hole III Layer 14 charcoal NA AMS 1930±28 BP steele2016vrm
D-AMS-004518 Hole III Layer 16 charcoal NA AMS 1962±30 BP steele2016vrm
UGAMS-11684 Hole III Layer I plant remains NA AMS 220±20 BP steele2016vrm
UGAMS-11685 Hole III Layer 8 Bone NA AMS 1410±20 BP steele2016vrm
D-AMS-004516 charcoal NA NA 1829±27 BP Steele T.E. Mackay A. Fitzsimmons K.E. Igreja M. Marwick B. Orton J. Schwortz S. and Stahlschmidt M.C. 2016. Varsche Rivier 003: A Middle and Later Stone Age Site with Still Bay and Howieson's Poort Assemblages in Southern Namaqualand South Africa.PaleoAnthropology: 100-163. Bird et al. 2022
D-AMS-004517 charcoal NA NA 1930±28 BP Steele T.E. Mackay A. Fitzsimmons K.E. Igreja M. Marwick B. Orton J. Schwortz S. and Stahlschmidt M.C. 2016. Varsche Rivier 003: A Middle and Later Stone Age Site with Still Bay and Howieson's Poort Assemblages in Southern Namaqualand South Africa.PaleoAnthropology: 100-163. Bird et al. 2022
D-AMS-004518 charcoal NA NA 1962±30 BP Dewar G. 2014. Report on the second excavation season at Spitzkloof B. Report for South African Heritage Resources Agency available at http://www.sahra.org.za/sahris/sites/default/files/heritagereports/Spitzkloof%20B%202013%20report.pdf Bird et al. 2022
UGAMS-11684 plant remains NA NA 220±20 BP Steele T.E. Mackay A. Fitzsimmons K.E. Igreja M. Marwick B. Orton J. Schwortz S. and Stahlschmidt M.C. 2016. Varsche Rivier 003: A Middle and Later Stone Age Site with Still Bay and Howieson's Poort Assemblages in Southern Namaqualand South Africa.PaleoAnthropology: 100-163. Bird et al. 2022
UGAMS-11685 Bone NA NA 1410±20 BP SARD Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (10)

Classification Estimated age References
LSA NA steele2016vrm
NA NA
LSA NA steele2016vrm
NA NA
LSA NA steele2016vrm
NA NA
LSA NA steele2016vrm
Ceramic LSA NA NA
LSA NA steele2016vrm
NA NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references 

@misc{steele2016vrm,
  
}
@misc{Steele T.E. Mackay A. Fitzsimmons K.E. Igreja M. Marwick B. Orton J. Schwortz S. and Stahlschmidt M.C. 2016. Varsche Rivier 003: A Middle and Later Stone Age Site with Still Bay and Howieson's Poort Assemblages in Southern Namaqualand South Africa.PaleoAnthropology: 100-163.,
  
}
@misc{Dewar G. 2014. Report on the second excavation season at Spitzkloof B. Report for South African Heritage Resources Agency available at http://www.sahra.org.za/sahris/sites/default/files/heritagereports/Spitzkloof%20B%202013%20report.pdf,
  
}
@misc{SARD,
  
}
@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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    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
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