Site type

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
042.340° N, 043.253° E
Coordinates (DMS)
042° 20' 00" E, 043° 15' 00" N
Country (ISO 3166)
Georgia (GE)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (26)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
Beta-2392225 NA NA 19360±120 BP 23737–23024 cal BP Bourdonnec F.-X. 2012. JAS 39: 1317-1330. Tushabramishvili N. 2014. ERAUL140: 109-135. Pleurdeau D 2016. QSR 146: 77-98. Bird et al. 2022
Beta-2392227 NA NA 35070±340 BP 40885–39563 cal BP Bourdonnec F.-X. 2012. JAS 39: 1317-1330. Tushabramishvili N. 2014. ERAUL140: 109-135. Pleurdeau D 2016. QSR 146: 77-98. Bird et al. 2022
Beta-239226 NA NA 10920±40 BP 12895–12755 cal BP Bourdonnec F.-X. 2012. JAS 39: 1317-1330. Tushabramishvili N. 2014. ERAUL140: 109-135. Pleurdeau D 2016. QSR 146: 77-98. Bird et al. 2022
Beta-270160 NA NA 26020±170 BP 30740–30017 cal BP Bourdonnec F.-X. 2012. JAS 39: 1317-1330. Tushabramishvili N. 2014. ERAUL140: 109-135. Pleurdeau D 2016. QSR 146: 77-98. Bird et al. 2022
Beta-270161 NA NA 21550±120 BP 25975–25704 cal BP Tushabramishvili N. 2014. ERAUL140: 109-135. Pleurdeau D 2016. QSR 146: 77-98. Pleurdeau D 2016. QSR 146: 77-98. Bird et al. 2022
Beta-270162 NA NA 38750±480 BP 42926–42200 cal BP Pleurdeau D. Imalwa E. Détroit F. Lesur J. Veldman A. Bahain J.J. and Marais E. 2012. “Of sheep and men”: earliest direct evidence of caprine domestication in southern Africa at Leopard Cave (Erongo Namibia).PloS one7(7) p.e40340. Bird et al. 2022
OxA-23902 bone NA NA 27120±240 BP 31621–30935 cal BP Bourdonnec F.-X. 2012. JAS 39: 1317-1330. Tushabramishvili N. 2014. ERAUL140: 109-135. Pleurdeau D 2016. QSR 146: 77-98. Bird et al. 2022
OxA-23903 bone Coelodonta antiquitatis Linty NA NA 35300±650 BP 41530–39219 cal BP Bourdonnec F.-X. 2012. JAS 39: 1317-1330. Tushabramishvili N. 2014. ERAUL140: 109-135. Pleurdeau D 2016. QSR 146: 77-98. Bird et al. 2022
OxA-23904 bone Coelodonta antiquitatis Linty NA NA 34950±600 BP 41288–38840 cal BP Bourdonnec F.-X. 2012. JAS 39: 1317-1330. Tushabramishvili N. 2014. ERAUL140: 109-135. Pleurdeau D 2016. QSR 146: 77-98. Bird et al. 2022
OxA-23905 bonefrom 305-315cm NA NA 47500±2900 BP 30949–45840 cal BP Ives et al. 2014 Bird et al. 2022
OxA-26327 bone Coelodonta antiquitatis Linty NA NA 33850±550 BP 39970–37120 cal BP Bourdonnec F.-X. 2012. JAS 39: 1317-1330. Tushabramishvili N. 2014. ERAUL140: 109-135. Pleurdeau D 2016. QSR 146: 77-98. Bird et al. 2022
OxA-26328 bone Coelodonta antiquitatis Linty NA NA 33950±550 BP 40125–37206 cal BP Bourdonnec F.-X. 2012. JAS 39: 1317-1330. Tushabramishvili N. 2014. ERAUL140: 109-135. Pleurdeau D 2016. QSR 146: 77-98. Bird et al. 2022
OxA-26329 bone Coelodonta antiquitatis Linty NA NA 34000±550 BP 40255–37310 cal BP Bourdonnec F.-X. 2012. JAS 39: 1317-1330. Tushabramishvili N. 2014. ERAUL140: 109-135. Pleurdeau D 2016. QSR 146: 77-98. Bird et al. 2022
OxA-26331 bone NA NA 30890±390 BP 36045–34567 cal BP Bourdonnec F.-X. 2012. JAS 39: 1317-1330. Tushabramishvili N. 2014. ERAUL140: 109-135. Pleurdeau D 2016. QSR 146: 77-98. Bird et al. 2022
OxA-26334 bone Coelodonta antiquitatis Linty NA NA 46200±2400 BP 54989–44860 cal BP Bronk Ramsey C. Archaeometry 57 1 (2015) 177-216. Bird et al. 2022
OxA-32564 bone Coelodonta antiquitatis Linty NA NA 31300±400 BP 36330–34790 cal BP Bourdonnec F.-X. 2012. JAS 39: 1317-1330. Tushabramishvili N. 2014. ERAUL140: 109-135. Pleurdeau D 2016. QSR 146: 77-98. Bird et al. 2022
OxA-32565 bone Coelodonta antiquitatis Linty NA NA 35000±650 BP 41375–38620 cal BP Bourdonnec F.-X. 2012. JAS 39: 1317-1330. Tushabramishvili N. 2014. ERAUL140: 109-135. Pleurdeau D 2016. QSR 146: 77-98. Bird et al. 2022
OxA-32566 bone Coelodonta antiquitatis Linty NA NA 34650±600 BP 41060–38110 cal BP Vermeersch 2020 Bird et al. 2022
OxA-32727 bone Coelodonta antiquitatis Linty NA NA 35650±600 BP 41746–39635 cal BP Vermeersch 2020 Bird et al. 2022
SOAN-5592 CBne Coelodonta antiquitatis NA NA 26330±420 BP 31193–29875 cal BP Chlachula J. 2010 .QI 220: 41-63. Bird et al. 2022

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Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{Bourdonnec F.-X.  2012. JAS 39: 1317-1330. Tushabramishvili N. 2014. ERAUL140: 109-135. Pleurdeau D  2016. QSR 146: 77-98.,
  
}
@misc{Tushabramishvili N. 2014. ERAUL140: 109-135. Pleurdeau D  2016. QSR 146: 77-98. Pleurdeau D  2016. QSR 146: 77-98.,
  
}
@misc{Pleurdeau D. Imalwa E. Détroit F. Lesur J. Veldman A. Bahain J.J. and Marais E. 2012. “Of sheep and men”: earliest direct evidence of caprine domestication in southern Africa at Leopard Cave (Erongo Namibia).PloS one7(7) p.e40340.,
  
}
@misc{Ives et al. 2014,
  
}
@misc{Bronk Ramsey C.  Archaeometry 57 1 (2015) 177-216.,
  
}
@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{Chlachula J. 2010 .QI 220: 41-63.,
  
}
@misc{Bourdonnec F.-X.  2012. JAS 39: 1317-1330. Tushabramishvili N. 2014. ERAUL140: 109-135.,
  
}
@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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  ERAUL140: 109-135. Pleurdeau D  2016. QSR 146: 77-98.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Tushabramishvili N. 2014. ERAUL140: 109-135. Pleurdeau D  2016. QSR
  146: 77-98. Pleurdeau D  2016. QSR 146: 77-98.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Pleurdeau D. Imalwa E. Détroit F. Lesur J. Veldman A. Bahain J.J. and
  Marais E. 2012. “Of sheep and men”: earliest direct evidence of caprine domestication
  in southern Africa at Leopard Cave (Erongo Namibia).PloS one7(7) p.e40340.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Ives et al. 2014
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Bronk Ramsey C.  Archaeometry 57 1 (2015) 177-216.
: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: 'Chlachula J. 2010 .QI 220: 41-63.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Bourdonnec F.-X.  2012. JAS 39: 1317-1330. Tushabramishvili N. 2014.
  ERAUL140: 109-135.'
: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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