Site type

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
032.917° S, 017.983° E
Coordinates (DMS)
032° 55' 00" E, 017° 58' 00" S
Country (ISO 3166)
South Africa (ZA)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (10)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
Pta-4607 charcoal NA conventional 14C 3060±60 BP 3392–3075 cal BP smith1991esw
Pta-4608 charcoal NA conventional 14C 1380±50 BP 1370–1176 cal BP smith1991esw
Pta-4609 charcoal NA conventional 14C 1860±50 BP 1886–1625 cal BP smith1991esw
Pta-5467 charcoal NA conventional 14C 330±45 BP 483–305 cal BP smith1991esw
Pta-5469 charcoal NA conventional 14C 500±50 BP 640–471 cal BP smith1991esw
Pta-4607 charcoal NA NA 3060±60 BP 3392–3075 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
Pta-4608 charcoal NA NA 1380±50 BP 1370–1176 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
Pta-4609 charcoal NA NA 1860±50 BP 1886–1625 cal BP Binneman J.N.F. 1995.Symbolic construction of communities during the Holocene Later Stone Age in the south-eastern Cape(Doctoral dissertation: University of the Witwatersrand). Bird et al. 2022
Pta-5467 charcoal NA NA 330±45 BP 483–305 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
Pta-5469 charcoal NA NA 500±50 BP 640–471 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 (10)

Classification Estimated age References
LSA NA smith1991esw
NA NA
LSA NA smith1991esw
Ceramic LSA NA NA
LSA NA smith1991esw
Ceramic LSA NA NA
LSA NA smith1991esw
Ceramic LSA NA NA
LSA NA smith1991esw
Ceramic LSA NA NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references 

@misc{smith1991esw,
  
}
@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.,
  
}
@misc{Binneman J.N.F. 1995.Symbolic construction of communities during the Holocene Later Stone Age in the south-eastern Cape(Doctoral dissertation: University of the Witwatersrand).,
  
}
@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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