Site type

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
005.859° N, 010.078° E
Coordinates (DMS)
005° 51' 00" E, 010° 04' 00" N
Country (ISO 3166)
Cameroon (CMR)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (60)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
Hv-8965 Upper Horizon of the Ochre Ash Layer Charcoal NA NA 6980±260 BP 8347–7357 cal BP de Maret 1980
Lv-1603 NA NA 8480±140 BP 9887–9030 cal BP Pincon 1991 Bird et al. 2022
Lv-1603 Lower Horizon of the Ochre Ash Layer Charcoal NA NA 8480±140 BP 9887–9030 cal BP Lavachery 2001; Garcin et al. 2018
Ly-1603D NA NA 8480±140 BP 9887–9030 cal BP DELNEUF Michèle ESSOMBA Joseph-Marie FROMENT Alain (éds). Paléo-anthropologie en Afrique centrale : un bilan de l'archéologie au Cameroun. Paris France : L'Harmattan 1998 368p. (Etudes Africaines) ISBN : 2-7384-7405-5 Bird et al. 2022
OxA-1362 Upper Horizon of the Ochre Ash Layer: Charcoal NA NA 7040±80 BP 8006–7693 cal BP Lavachery 2001; Garcin et al. 2018
OxA-1362 NA NA 7040±80 BP 8006–7693 cal BP Asomband 1998; Garcin et al. 2018 Bird et al. 2022
Oxa-4538 NA NA 3810±60 BP 4409–3996 cal BP Lavachery P. 2001. The Holocene archaeological sequence of Shum Laka rock shelter (Grassfields western Cameroon) The African Archaeological Review 18 4: 213-247. Bird et al. 2022
OxA-4538 Lower Horizon of the Gray Ash Layer, sector1 Charcoal NA NA 3810±60 BP 4409–3996 cal BP Lavachery/Cornelissen 2000
OxA-4538 NA NA 3810±60 BP 4409–3996 cal BP Giblin et al. 2010 Bird et al. 2022
OxA-4539 NA NA 6870±80 BP 7918–7577 cal BP Lavachery/Cornelissen 2000 Bird et al. 2022
OxA-4539 Upper Horizon of the Ochre Ash Layer Charcoal NA NA 6870±80 BP 7918–7577 cal BP Lavachery 2001; Garcin et al. 2018
OxA-5201 NA NA 1310±65 BP 1341–1069 cal BP Lavachery 2001; Garcin et al. 2018 Bird et al. 2022
OxA-5201 Middle Horizon of the Gray Ash Layer, sector1 Charcoal NA NA 1310±65 BP 1341–1069 cal BP Lavachery/Cornelissen 2000
OxA-5202 NA NA 8540±90 BP 9740–9305 cal BP Lavachery/Cornelissen 2000 Bird et al. 2022
OxA-5202 Lower Horizon of the Ochre Ash Layer Charcoal NA NA 8540±90 BP 9740–9305 cal BP Lavachery 2001; Garcin et al. 2018
OxA-5203 Upper Horizon of the Ochre Ash Layer Charcoal NA NA 7150±70 BP 8167–7799 cal BP Lavachery 2001; Garcin et al. 2018
OxA-5203 NA NA 7150±70 BP 8167–7799 cal BP Lavachery 2001; Garcin et al. 2018 Bird et al. 2022
Oxa-5204 NA NA 3300±90 BP 3822–3355 cal BP Lavachery P. 2001. The Holocene archaeological sequence of Shum Laka rock shelter (Grassfields western Cameroon) The African Archaeological Review 18 4: 213-247. Bird et al. 2022
OxA-5204 tomb6 Charcoal NA NA 3300±90 BP 3822–3355 cal BP Lavachery/Cornelissen 2000
OxA-5204 NA NA 3300±90 BP 3822–3355 cal BP Lavachery 2001; Garcin et al. 2018 Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (0)

Classification Estimated age References

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references 

@misc{Lavachery/Cornelissen 2000,
  
}
@misc{Asombang 1988,
  
}
@misc{de Maret 1992a,
  
}
@misc{de Maret 1980,
  
}
@misc{Lavachery 2001; Garcin et al. 2018,
  
}
@misc{Zangato 2000,
  
}
@misc{de Maret 1992a; Garcin et al. 2018,
  
}
@misc{DELNEUF Michèle ESSOMBA Joseph-Marie FROMENT Alain (éds). Paléo-anthropologie en Afrique centrale : un bilan de l'archéologie au Cameroun. Paris France : L'Harmattan 1998 368p. (Etudes Africaines) ISBN : 2-7384-7405-5,
  
}
@misc{Fay 1997; Garcin et al. 2018,
  
}
@misc{Lavachery P. 2001. The Holocene archaeological sequence of Shum Laka rock shelter (Grassfields western Cameroon) The African Archaeological Review 18 4: 213-247.,
  
}
@misc{De Maret P. 1982. New Survey of Archaeological Research and Dates for West-Central and North-Central Africa. The Journal of African History 23: 1-15.,
  
}
@misc{Pincon 1991,
  
}
@misc{Asomband 1998; Garcin et al. 2018,
  
}
@misc{Giblin et al. 2010,
  
}
@misc{Clist 2004/05,
  
}
@misc{Livingstone-Smith et al. 2007,
  
}
@misc{aDRAC,
  url = {https://github.com/dirkseidensticker/aDRAC},
  note = {Seidensticker, D. & W. Hubau (2021), ’aDRAC. Archive des datations radiocarbones d’Afrique centrale’, Version 2.0. https://github.com/dirkseidensticker/aDRAC}
}
@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: Lavachery/Cornelissen 2000
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Asombang 1988
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: de Maret 1992a
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: de Maret 1980
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Lavachery 2001; Garcin et al. 2018
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Zangato 2000
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: de Maret 1992a; Garcin et al. 2018
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'DELNEUF Michèle ESSOMBA Joseph-Marie FROMENT Alain (éds). Paléo-anthropologie
  en Afrique centrale : un bilan de l''archéologie au Cameroun. Paris France : L''Harmattan
  1998 368p. (Etudes Africaines) ISBN : 2-7384-7405-5'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Fay 1997; Garcin et al. 2018
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Lavachery P. 2001. The Holocene archaeological sequence of Shum Laka
  rock shelter (Grassfields western Cameroon) The African Archaeological Review 18
  4: 213-247.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'De Maret P. 1982. New Survey of Archaeological Research and Dates for
  West-Central and North-Central Africa. The Journal of African History 23: 1-15.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Pincon 1991
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Asomband 1998; Garcin et al. 2018
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Giblin et al. 2010
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Clist 2004/05
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Livingstone-Smith et al. 2007
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
- :bibtex_key: aDRAC
  :bibtex_type: :misc
  :url: "{https://github.com/dirkseidensticker/aDRAC}"
  :note: "{Seidensticker, D. & W. Hubau (2021), ’aDRAC. Archive des datations radiocarbones
    d’Afrique centrale’, Version 2.0. https://github.com/dirkseidensticker/aDRAC}"
---
- :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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