Site type

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
030.633° S, 025.500° E
Coordinates (DMS)
030° 37' 00" E, 025° 30' 00" S
Country (ISO 3166)
South Africa (ZA)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (12)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
GX-1294 Level 10 charcoal NA conventional 14C 3935±180 BP 4845–3894 cal BP sampson1970sic
Gx-666 Level 7 charcoal NA conventional 14C 730±75 BP 785–551 cal BP sampson1967ezs
Pta-3392 Excavated plant remains NA conventional 14C 320±50 BP 491–295 cal BP bollong1993ddi
Pta-3393 Base of ceramicSequence plant remains NA conventional 14C 1050±60 BP 1173–791 cal BP bollong1993ddi
SR-133 Level 6 charcoal NA conventional 14C 430±95 BP 642–290 cal BP sampson1970sic
SR-160 Level 10 charcoal NA conventional 14C 3270±115 BP 3827–3220 cal BP sampson1970sic
GX-1294 charcoal NA NA 3935±180 BP 4845–3894 cal BP Sampson C.G. 1970. Smithfield Industrial Complex: further field results. National Museum Memoir 5. Bloemfontein: National Museum. Bird et al. 2022
Gx-666 charcoal NA NA 730±75 BP 785–551 cal BP Maslowski et al. 1995; Crane and Griffin 1968: 79; Prufer and Andors 1975 Bird et al. 2022
Pta-3392 plant remains NA NA 320±50 BP 491–295 cal BP Bollong CA Vogel JC Jacobson L Van der Westhuizen WA and Sampson CG 1993. Direct dating and identity of fiber temper in pre-contact Bushman (Masarwa) pottery. Journal of Archaeological Science 20: 41-55. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-3393 plant remains NA NA 1050±60 BP 1173–791 cal BP Bollong CA Vogel JC Jacobson L Van der Westhuizen WA and Sampson CG 1993. Direct dating and identity of fiber temper in pre-contact Bushman (Masarwa) pottery. Journal of Archaeological Science 20: 41-55. Bird et al. 2022
SR-133 charcoal NA NA 430±95 BP 642–290 cal BP Cooke C.K. 1963. Report on excavations at Pomongwe and Tshangula Caves Matopo Hills Southern Rhodesia.The South African Archaeological Bulletin18(71) pp.73-151. Bird et al. 2022
SR-160 charcoal NA NA 3270±115 BP 3827–3220 cal BP Sheppard J.G. and Swart E. 1971. Rhodesian radiocarbon measurements IV.Radiocarbon13(2) pp.420-431. Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (6)

Classification Estimated age References
NA sampson1970sic
NA sampson1967ezs
NA bollong1993ddi
NA bollong1993ddi
NA sampson1970sic
NA sampson1970sic

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{sampson1970sic,
  
}
@misc{sampson1967ezs,
  
}
@misc{bollong1993ddi,
  
}
@misc{Sampson C.G. 1970. Smithfield Industrial Complex: further field results. National Museum Memoir 5. Bloemfontein: National Museum.,
  
}
@misc{Maslowski et al. 1995; Crane and Griffin 1968: 79; Prufer and Andors 1975,
  
}
@misc{Bollong CA Vogel JC Jacobson L Van der Westhuizen WA and Sampson CG 1993. Direct dating and identity of fiber temper in pre-contact Bushman (Masarwa) pottery. Journal of Archaeological Science 20: 41-55.,
  
}
@misc{Cooke C.K. 1963. Report on excavations at Pomongwe and Tshangula Caves Matopo Hills Southern Rhodesia.The South African Archaeological Bulletin18(71) pp.73-151.,
  
}
@misc{Sheppard J.G. and Swart E. 1971. Rhodesian radiocarbon measurements IV.Radiocarbon13(2) pp.420-431.,
  
}
@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: 'Sampson C.G. 1970. Smithfield Industrial Complex: further field results.
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  Matopo Hills Southern Rhodesia.The South African Archaeological Bulletin18(71) pp.73-151.
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  pp.420-431.
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  :url: "{https://github.com/emmaloftus/Southern-African-Radiocarbon-Database}"
  :note: "{ Loftus, E., Mitchell, P., & Ramsey, C. (2019). An archaeological radiocarbon
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  :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
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  :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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