Site type

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
051.548° N, 004.242° W
Coordinates (DMS)
051° 32' 00" W, 004° 14' 00" N
Country (ISO 3166)
United Kingdom (GB)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (24)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
BM-374 bone NA NA 18460±340 BP 23024–21445 cal BP Vermeersch 2020 Bird et al. 2022
OxA-13656 bone NA NA 26170±150 BP 30805–30112 cal BP Vermeersch 2020 Bird et al. 2022
OxA-16412 painting NA NA 28870±180 BP 33919–32375 cal BP Proc. Bristol Univ. Spelaeol. Soc. Vol. 7 1955 61 - 75 Campbell J. B. Mendip Hills in Prehistoric time and Roman Times Bristol 1970 p. 11. Flas D. 2008.Anthropologica et Praehistorica 119: 3-253. Bird et al. 2022
OxA-16413 painting NA NA 29490±210 BP 34423–33620 cal BP Mihailovuc D. 2013. In Noiret ERAUL 130: 27-29. Bird et al. 2022
OxA-16502 painting NA NA 28400±320 BP 33515–31727 cal BP Proc. Bristol Univ. Spelaeol. Soc. Vol. 7 1955 61 - 75 Campbell J. B. Mendip Hills in Prehistoric time and Roman Times Bristol 1970 p. 11. Flas D. 2008.Anthropologica et Praehistorica 119: 3-253. Bird et al. 2022
OxA-16503 painting NA NA 28820±340 BP 34068–32090 cal BP Vermeersch 2020 Bird et al. 2022
OxA-1790 bone Coelodonta antiquitatis Linty NA NA 23670±400 BP 28709–27240 cal BP Mellars and Tixier 1989 Bird et al. 2022
OxA-1815 bone Coelodonta antiquitatis Linty NA NA 26350±550 BP 31315–29316 cal BP Ives et al. 2014 Bird et al. 2022
OxA-365 residue of charred bone no clear connection with industry NA NA 29600±1900 BP 38040–30075 cal BP Vermeersch 2020 Bird et al. 2022
OxA-366 humic NA NA 28000±1700 BP 35583–29000 cal BP Vermeersch 2020 Bird et al. 2022
OxA-6932 bone NA NA 32600±950 BP 39521–35245 cal BP Proc. Bristol Univ. Spelaeol. Soc. Vol. 7 1955 61 - 75 Campbell J. B. Mendip Hills in Prehistoric time and Roman Times Bristol 1970 p. 11. Flas D. 2008.Anthropologica et Praehistorica 119: 3-253. Bird et al. 2022
OxA-6934 bone NA NA 34250±950 BP 41104–36860 cal BP Proc. Bristol Univ. Spelaeol. Soc. Vol. 7 1955 61 - 75 Campbell J. B. Mendip Hills in Prehistoric time and Roman Times Bristol 1970 p. 11. Flas D. 2008.Anthropologica et Praehistorica 119: 3-253. Bird et al. 2022
OxA-6937 bone NA NA 33400±800 BP 39931–36260 cal BP Proc. Bristol Univ. Spelaeol. Soc. Vol. 7 1955 61 - 75 Campbell J. B. Mendip Hills in Prehistoric time and Roman Times Bristol 1970 p. 11. Flas D. 2008.Anthropologica et Praehistorica 119: 3-253. Bird et al. 2022
OxA-6938 bone NA NA 18190±130 BP 22385–21855 cal BP Vermeersch 2020 Bird et al. 2022
OxA-7081 bone Coelodonta antiquitatis Linty NA NA 22780±320 BP 27665–26400 cal BP Proc. Bristol Univ. Spelaeol. Soc. Vol. 7 1955 61 - 75 Campbell J. B. Mendip Hills in Prehistoric time and Roman Times Bristol 1970 p. 11. Flas D. 2008.Anthropologica et Praehistorica 119: 3-253. Bird et al. 2022
OxA-7083 bone NA NA 33600±1200 BP 40947–35840 cal BP Proc. Bristol Univ. Spelaeol. Soc. Vol. 7 1955 61 - 75 Campbell J. B. Mendip Hills in Prehistoric time and Roman Times Bristol 1970 p. 11. Flas D. 2008.Anthropologica et Praehistorica 119: 3-253. Bird et al. 2022
OxA-7085 bone NA NA 35400±1600 BP 42376–36820 cal BP Proc. Bristol Univ. Spelaeol. Soc. Vol. 7 1955 61 - 75 Campbell J. B. Mendip Hills in Prehistoric time and Roman Times Bristol 1970 p. 11. Flas D. 2008.Anthropologica et Praehistorica 119: 3-253. Bird et al. 2022
OxA-7086 bone NA NA 35200±1500 BP 42248–36840 cal BP Vermeersch 2020 Bird et al. 2022
OxA-7108 ivory NA NA 22620±340 BP 27490–26068 cal BP Bosset 2010 Bird et al. 2022
OxA-7111 ivory NA NA 24140±1700 BP 31525–25023 cal BP Proc. Bristol Univ. Spelaeol. Soc. Vol. 7 1955 61 - 75 Campbell J. B. Mendip Hills in Prehistoric time and Roman Times Bristol 1970 p. 11. Flas D. 2008.Anthropologica et Praehistorica 119: 3-253. Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (0)

Classification Estimated age References

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references 

@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{Proc. Bristol Univ. Spelaeol. Soc. Vol. 7 1955 61 - 75 Campbell J. B. Mendip Hills in Prehistoric time and Roman Times Bristol 1970 p. 11. Flas D. 2008.Anthropologica et Praehistorica 119: 3-253.,
  
}
@misc{Mihailovuc D. 2013. In Noiret ERAUL 130: 27-29.,
  
}
@misc{Mellars and Tixier 1989,
  
}
@misc{Ives et al. 2014,
  
}
@misc{Bosset 2010,
  
}
@misc{Carbonell  2000 In: Bar-Yosef & Pilbeam The Geography of Neandertals and Modern Humans in Europe and the Greater Mediterranean Peabody Museum Bulletin 8: 5-34. Joris O.  2003.Trabajos de Prehistoria 60: 15-38.,
  
}
@misc{Bridault A.  2000. In SFP mÔøΩmoire 28: 47-57. Mevel L. 2013. Antiquity 389.,
  
}
@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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---
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  :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: 'Proc. Bristol Univ. Spelaeol. Soc. Vol. 7 1955 61 - 75 Campbell J. B.
  Mendip Hills in Prehistoric time and Roman Times Bristol 1970 p. 11. Flas D. 2008.Anthropologica
  et Praehistorica 119: 3-253.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Mihailovuc D. 2013. In Noiret ERAUL 130: 27-29.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Mellars and Tixier 1989
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Ives et al. 2014
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Bosset 2010
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Carbonell  2000 In: Bar-Yosef & Pilbeam The Geography of Neandertals
  and Modern Humans in Europe and the Greater Mediterranean Peabody Museum Bulletin
  8: 5-34. Joris O.  2003.Trabajos de Prehistoria 60: 15-38.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Bridault A.  2000. In SFP mÔøΩmoire 28: 47-57. Mevel L. 2013. Antiquity
  389.'
: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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