Site type

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
009.581° N, 001.510° W
Coordinates (DMS)
009° 34' 00" W, 001° 30' 00" N
Country (ISO 3166)
Ghana (GH)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (26)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
Beta-7855 NA NA 1100±170 BP 1301–690 cal BP Stahl A.B. (1994) Innovation Diffusion and Culture Contact: The Holocene Archaeology of Ghana. Journal of World Prehistory Vol. 8 No. 1 1994 Bird et al. 2022
Beta-7858 NA NA 890±160 BP 1175–551 cal BP Stahl A.B. (1994) Innovation Diffusion and Culture Contact: The Holocene Archaeology of Ghana. Journal of World Prehistory Vol. 8 No. 1 1994 Bird et al. 2022
GX-6132 NA NA 820±150 BP 1055–528 cal BP Stahl A.B. (1994) Innovation Diffusion and Culture Contact: The Holocene Archaeology of Ghana. Journal of World Prehistory Vol. 8 No. 1 1994 Bird et al. 2022
GX-6133 Charcoal NA NA 2010±140 BP 2326–1625 cal BP Sutton J. E. (1982). Archaeology in West Africa: a review of recent work and a further list of radiocarbon dates. The Journal of African History 23(03) 291-313. Bird et al. 2022
GX-6134 NA NA 1180±165 BP 1363–740 cal BP Stahl A.B. (1994) Innovation Diffusion and Culture Contact: The Holocene Archaeology of Ghana. Journal of World Prehistory Vol. 8 No. 1 1994 Bird et al. 2022
S-1855 Charcoal NA NA 2135±290 BP 2767–1415 cal BP Sutton J. E. (1982). Archaeology in West Africa: a review of recent work and a further list of radiocarbon dates. The Journal of African History 23(03) 291-313. Bird et al. 2022
S-1856 NA NA 2710±245 BP 3445–2158 cal BP Livingstone Smith (2007). Histoire du décor à la roulette en Afrique subsaharienne. Journal of African Archaeology. 5:2 189-216 Bird et al. 2022
S-1857 Charcoal NA NA 530±90 BP 672–327 cal BP Sutton J. E. (1982). Archaeology in West Africa: a review of recent work and a further list of radiocarbon dates. The Journal of African History 23(03) 291-313. Bird et al. 2022
S-1858 NA NA 2340±100 BP 2716–2126 cal BP Livingstone Smith (2007). Histoire du décor à la roulette en Afrique subsaharienne. Journal of African Archaeology. 5:2 189-216 Bird et al. 2022
S-2370 charcoal NA NA 3405±155 BP 4089–3265 cal BP Ozainne S Lespez L Garnier A et al. (2014) A question of timing: spatio-temporal structure and mechanisms of early agriculture expansion in West Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science Elsevier Ltd 50 359–368. Bird et al. 2022
S-2371 charcoal NA NA 2805±180 BP 3389–2466 cal BP Ozainne S Lespez L Garnier A et al. (2014) A question of timing: spatio-temporal structure and mechanisms of early agriculture expansion in West Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science Elsevier Ltd 50 359–368. Bird et al. 2022
S-2372 NA NA 1285±450 BP 2302–334 cal BP Stahl A.B. (1994) Innovation Diffusion and Culture Contact: The Holocene Archaeology of Ghana. Journal of World Prehistory Vol. 8 No. 1 1994 Bird et al. 2022
S-2373 charcoal NA NA 2770±185 BP 3360–2375 cal BP Ozainne S Lespez L Garnier A et al. (2014) A question of timing: spatio-temporal structure and mechanisms of early agriculture expansion in West Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science Elsevier Ltd 50 359–368. Bird et al. 2022
S-2375 charcoal NA NA 3195±325 BP 4383–2542 cal BP McIntosh R.J. and McIntosh S.K. 1986. “Recent archaeological research and dates from West Africa.” Journal of African History 27: 413–442 Bird et al. 2022
S-2376 charcoal NA NA 4235±150 BP 5287–4415 cal BP Ozainne S Lespez L Garnier A et al. (2014) A question of timing: spatio-temporal structure and mechanisms of early agriculture expansion in West Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science Elsevier Ltd 50 359–368. Bird et al. 2022
SFU-11 Charcoal NA NA 255±80 BP 492–60 cal BP Sutton J. E. (1982). Archaeology in West Africa: a review of recent work and a further list of radiocarbon dates. The Journal of African History 23(03) 291-313. Bird et al. 2022
SFU-12 Charcoal NA NA 1670±190 BP 2038–1177 cal BP Sutton J. E. (1982). Archaeology in West Africa: a review of recent work and a further list of radiocarbon dates. The Journal of African History 23(03) 291-313. Bird et al. 2022
SFU-13 NA NA 1790±80 BP 1886–1525 cal BP Livingstone Smith (2007). Histoire du décor à la roulette en Afrique subsaharienne. Journal of African Archaeology. 5:2 189-216 Bird et al. 2022
SFU-273 charcoal NA NA 1770±110 BP 1925–1408 cal BP McIntosh R.J. and McIntosh S.K. 1986. “Recent archaeological research and dates from West Africa.” Journal of African History 27: 413–442 Bird et al. 2022
SFU-274 charcoal NA NA 1870±100 BP 2001–1539 cal BP McIntosh R.J. and McIntosh S.K. 1986. “Recent archaeological research and dates from West Africa.” Journal of African History 27: 413–442 Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (0)

Classification Estimated age References

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references 

@misc{Stahl A.B. (1994) Innovation Diffusion and Culture Contact: The Holocene Archaeology of Ghana. Journal of World Prehistory Vol. 8 No. 1 1994,
  
}
@misc{Sutton J. E. (1982). Archaeology in West Africa: a review of recent work and a further list of radiocarbon dates. The Journal of African History 23(03) 291-313.,
  
}
@misc{Livingstone Smith (2007). Histoire du décor à la roulette en Afrique subsaharienne. Journal of African Archaeology. 5:2 189-216,
  
}
@misc{Ozainne S Lespez L Garnier A et al. (2014) A question of timing: spatio-temporal structure and mechanisms of early agriculture expansion in West Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science Elsevier Ltd 50 359–368.,
  
}
@misc{McIntosh R.J. and McIntosh S.K. 1986. “Recent archaeological research and dates from West Africa.” Journal of African History 27: 413–442,
  
}
@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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    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
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