Site type

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
008.054° N, 001.901° W
Coordinates (DMS)
008° 03' 00" W, 001° 54' 00" N
Country (ISO 3166)
Ghana (GH)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (10)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
Birm-29 n.d. NA NA 3570±84 BP Linseele V. (2007) Archaeofaunal remains from the past 4000 years in Sahelian West Africa : Domestic livestock subsistence strategies ans environmental changes. BAR International Series 1658. In : Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology 70. 344p. Bird et al. 2022
Birm-31 charcoal NA NA 3401±74 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
I-2697 charcoal NA NA 3220±110 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
I-2698 charcoal NA NA 3560±100 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
I-2699 charcoal NA NA 3530±100 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
UCR-1690 oil palm seed husks NA NA 3495±100 BP Linseele V. (2007) Archaeofaunal remains from the past 4000 years in Sahelian West Africa : Domestic livestock subsistence strategies ans environmental changes. BAR International Series 1658. In : Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology 70. 344p. Bird et al. 2022
UCR-1691 E guineensis wood or endocarp NA NA 3700±90 BP Linseele V. (2007) Archaeofaunal remains from the past 4000 years in Sahelian West Africa : Domestic livestock subsistence strategies ans environmental changes. BAR International Series 1658. In : Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology 70. 344p. Bird et al. 2022
UCR-1692 E guineensis wood or endocarp NA NA 3550±127 BP Linseele V. (2007) Archaeofaunal remains from the past 4000 years in Sahelian West Africa : Domestic livestock subsistence strategies ans environmental changes. BAR International Series 1658. In : Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology 70. 344p. Bird et al. 2022
UCR-1693 E guineensis wood or endocarp NA NA 3605±100 BP Linseele V. (2007) Archaeofaunal remains from the past 4000 years in Sahelian West Africa : Domestic livestock subsistence strategies ans environmental changes. BAR International Series 1658. In : Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology 70. 344p. Bird et al. 2022
UCR-1694 oil palm seed husks NA NA 6100±250 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

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Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{Linseele V. (2007) Archaeofaunal remains from the past 4000 years in Sahelian West Africa : Domestic livestock subsistence strategies ans environmental changes. BAR International Series 1658. In : Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology 70. 344p.,
  
}
@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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