Site type

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
043.317° N, 003.083° E
Coordinates (DMS)
043° 19' 00" E, 003° 04' 00" N
Country (ISO 3166)
France (FR)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (8)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
AA-69174 NA charcoal NA NA 19800±1700 BP 27263–20120 cal BP Szmidt C.C. 2009 In :The Mediterranean from 50000 to 25000 BP Oxbow.. Barshay-Szmidt S. Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology (2018) 1:247ÔøΩ279 Anderson L. Quaternary International 498 (2018) 69ÔøΩ-98 Bird et al. 2022
AA-69175a NA charcoal NA NA 27580±1300 BP 34416–29285 cal BP Szmidt C.C. 2009 In :The Mediterranean from 50000 to 25000 BP Oxbow.. Barshay-Szmidt S. Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology (2018) 1:247ÔøΩ279 Anderson L. Quaternary International 498 (2018) 69ÔøΩ-98 Bird et al. 2022
AA-69175b NA charcoal NA NA 28110±450 BP 33415–31204 cal BP Szmidt C.C. 2009 In :The Mediterranean from 50000 to 25000 BP Oxbow.. Barshay-Szmidt S. Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology (2018) 1:247ÔøΩ279 Anderson L. Quaternary International 498 (2018) 69ÔøΩ-98 Bird et al. 2022
Ly-4815 NA charcoal NA NA 18670±600 BP 23830–21045 cal BP Larsson 2019 Bird et al. 2022
OxA-20982 NA charcoal NA NA 32220±200 BP 36935–36208 cal BP Vermeersch 2020 Bird et al. 2022
OxA-22835 NA charcoal NA NA 32900±270 BP 38440–36575 cal BP Stewart B.A. Dewar G.I. Morley M.W. Inglis R.H. Wheeler M. Jacobs Z. and Roberts R.G. 2012. Afromontane foragers of the Late Pleistocene: Site formation chronology and occupational pulsing at Melikane Rockshelter Lesotho.Quaternary International270 pp.40-60. Bird et al. 2022
TO-11789 NA charcoal NA NA 28550±340 BP 33732–31835 cal BP Szmidt C.C. 2009 In :The Mediterranean from 50000 to 25000 BP Oxbow.. Barshay-Szmidt S. Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology (2018) 1:247ÔøΩ279 Anderson L. Quaternary International 498 (2018) 69ÔøΩ-98 Bird et al. 2022
TO-11794 NA charcoal NA NA 24600±300 BP 29505–27942 cal BP Wilmeth 1978; Berry and Drimmie 1982; Blake 1988; A.I. Ingstad 1977; H. Ingstad 1959 1966; McNeely 1989; Nydal 1977 1989; Nydal et al. 1970 1972; Paulssen 1977; B. Wallace p.c. 1999 Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (0)

Classification Estimated age References

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{Larsson 2019,
  
}
@article{Vermeersch2020,
  title = {Radiocarbon Palaeolithic Europe Database: A Regularly Updated Dataset of the Radiometric Data Regarding the Palaeolithic of Europe, Siberia Included},
  author = {Vermeersch, Pierre M},
  year = {2020},
  month = {aug},
  journal = {Data Brief},
  volume = {31},
  pages = {105793},
  issn = {2352-3409},
  doi = {10.1016/j.dib.2020.105793},
  abstract = {At the Berlin INQUA Congress (1995) a working group, European Late Pleistocene Isotopic Stages 2 & 3: Humans, Their Ecology & Cultural Adaptations, was established under the direction of J. Renault-Miskovsky (Institut de Paléontologie humaine, Paris). One of the objectives was building a database of the human occupation of Europe during this period. The database has been enlarged and now includes Lower, Middle and Upper Palaeolithic sites connecting them to their environmental conditions and the available chronometric dating. From version 14 on, only sites with chronometric data were included. In this database we have collected the available radiometric data from literature and from other more restricted databases. We try to incorporate newly published chronometric dates, collected from all kind of available publications. Only dates older than 9500 uncalibrated BP, correlated with a "cultural" level obtained by scientific excavations of European (Asian Russian Federation included) Palaeolithic sites, have been included. The dates are complemented with information related to cultural remains, stratigraphic, sedimentologic and palaeontologic information within a Microsoft Access database. For colleagues mainly interested in a list of all chronometric dates an Microsoft Excel list (with no details) is available (Tab. 1). A file, containing all sites with known coordinates, that can be opened for immediate use in Google Earth is available as a *.kmz file. It will give the possibility to introduce (by file open) in Google Earth the whole site list in "My Places". The database, version 27 (first version was available in 2002), contains now 13,202 site forms, (most of them with their geographical coordinates), comprising 17,022 radiometric data: Conv. 14C and AMS 14C (13,144 items), TL (678 items), OSL (1050 items), ESR, Th/U and AAR (2150 items) from the Lower, Middle and Upper Palaeolithic. All 14C dates are conventional dates BP. This improved version 27 replaces the older version 26.},
  month_numeric = {8}
}
@misc{Szmidt C.C. 2009 In :The Mediterranean from 50000 to 25000 BP Oxbow.. Barshay-Szmidt S.  Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology (2018) 1:247ÔøΩ279 Anderson L.  Quaternary International 498 (2018) 69ÔøΩ-98,
  
}
@misc{Wilmeth 1978; Berry and Drimmie 1982; Blake 1988; A.I. Ingstad 1977; H. Ingstad 1959 1966; McNeely 1989; Nydal 1977 1989; Nydal et al. 1970 1972; Paulssen 1977; B. Wallace p.c. 1999,
  
}
@misc{Stewart B.A. Dewar G.I. Morley M.W. Inglis R.H. Wheeler M. Jacobs Z. and Roberts R.G. 2012. Afromontane foragers of the Late Pleistocene: Site formation chronology and occupational pulsing at Melikane Rockshelter Lesotho.Quaternary International270 pp.40-60.,
  
}
@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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From version 14 on, only sites with chronometric data were included. In this database we have collected the available radiometric data from literature and from other more restricted databases. We try to incorporate newly published chronometric dates, collected from all kind of available publications. Only dates older than 9500 uncalibrated BP, correlated with a \"cultural\" level obtained by scientific excavations of European (Asian Russian Federation included) Palaeolithic sites, have been included. The dates are complemented with information related to cultural remains, stratigraphic, sedimentologic and palaeontologic information within a Microsoft Access database. For colleagues mainly interested in a list of all chronometric dates an Microsoft Excel list (with no details) is available (Tab. 1). A file, containing all sites with known coordinates, that can be opened for immediate use in Google Earth is available as a *.kmz file. 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:bibtex_key: Larsson 2019
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
- :bibtex_key: Vermeersch2020
  :bibtex_type: :article
  :title: "{Radiocarbon Palaeolithic Europe Database: A Regularly Updated Dataset
    of the Radiometric Data Regarding the Palaeolithic of Europe, Siberia Included}"
  :author: "{Vermeersch, Pierre M}"
  :year: "{2020}"
  :month: "{aug}"
  :journal: "{Data Brief}"
  :volume: "{31}"
  :pages: "{105793}"
  :issn: "{2352-3409}"
  :doi: "{10.1016/j.dib.2020.105793}"
  :abstract: '{At the Berlin INQUA Congress (1995) a working group, European Late
    Pleistocene Isotopic Stages 2 & 3: Humans, Their Ecology & Cultural Adaptations,
    was established under the direction of J. Renault-Miskovsky (Institut de Paléontologie
    humaine, Paris). One of the objectives was building a database of the human occupation
    of Europe during this period. The database has been enlarged and now includes
    Lower, Middle and Upper Palaeolithic sites connecting them to their environmental
    conditions and the available chronometric dating. From version 14 on, only sites
    with chronometric data were included. In this database we have collected the available
    radiometric data from literature and from other more restricted databases. We
    try to incorporate newly published chronometric dates, collected from all kind
    of available publications. Only dates older than 9500 uncalibrated BP, correlated
    with a "cultural" level obtained by scientific excavations of European (Asian
    Russian Federation included) Palaeolithic sites, have been included. The dates
    are complemented with information related to cultural remains, stratigraphic,
    sedimentologic and palaeontologic information within a Microsoft Access database.
    For colleagues mainly interested in a list of all chronometric dates an Microsoft
    Excel list (with no details) is available (Tab. 1). A file, containing all sites
    with known coordinates, that can be opened for immediate use in Google Earth is
    available as a *.kmz file. It will give the possibility to introduce (by file
    open) in Google Earth the whole site list in "My Places". The database, version
    27 (first version was available in 2002), contains now 13,202 site forms, (most
    of them with their geographical coordinates), comprising 17,022 radiometric data:
    Conv. 14C and AMS 14C (13,144 items), TL (678 items), OSL (1050 items), ESR, Th/U
    and AAR (2150 items) from the Lower, Middle and Upper Palaeolithic. All 14C dates
    are conventional dates BP. This improved version 27 replaces the older version
    26.}'
  :month_numeric: "{8}"
---
:bibtex_key: Szmidt C.C. 2009 In :The Mediterranean from 50000 to 25000 BP Oxbow..
  Barshay-Szmidt S.  Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology (2018) 1:247ÔøΩ279 Anderson
  L.  Quaternary International 498 (2018) 69ÔøΩ-98
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Wilmeth 1978; Berry and Drimmie 1982; Blake 1988; A.I. Ingstad 1977;
  H. Ingstad 1959 1966; McNeely 1989; Nydal 1977 1989; Nydal et al. 1970 1972; Paulssen
  1977; B. Wallace p.c. 1999
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Stewart B.A. Dewar G.I. Morley M.W. Inglis R.H. Wheeler M. Jacobs Z.
  and Roberts R.G. 2012. Afromontane foragers of the Late Pleistocene: Site formation
  chronology and occupational pulsing at Melikane Rockshelter Lesotho.Quaternary International270
  pp.40-60.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
- :bibtex_key: p3k14c
  :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
    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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