Site types
Settlement and

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
034.573° N, 033.000° E
Coordinates (DMS)
034° 34' 00" E, 033° 00' 00" N
Country (ISO 3166)
Cyprus (CY)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (120)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
AA-79920 bone apatit NA 14C 8588±50 BP Vigne 2009 Weninger 2022
AA-79921 bone apatit NA 14C 9055±52 BP Vigne 2010 Weninger 2022
AA-79922 bone apatit NA 14C 9842±54 BP Vigne 2011 Weninger 2022
AA-79923 bone degraded collagen 14C 10045±69 BP Vigne 2012 Weninger 2022
Beta-22811 shell NA 14C 10810±110 BP Manning 1991, Simmons 1991, Simmons and Wiegand 1994 Weninger 2022
Beta-28795 shell NA 14C 11030±130 BP Manning 1991, Simmons 1991, Simmons and Wiegand 1994 Weninger 2022
Beta-3412 bone pygmy hippopotamus 14C 6310±160 BP Manning 1991, Simmons 1991, Simmons and Wiegand 1994 Weninger 2022
Beta-40380 charcoal NA 14C 11720±240 BP Manning 1991, Simmons 1991, Simmons and Wiegand 1994 Weninger 2022
Beta-40382 charcoal NA 14C 10560±90 BP Manning 1991, Simmons 1991, Simmons and Wiegand 1994 Weninger 2022
Beta-40655 charcoal NA 14C 10840±270 BP Manning 1991, Simmons 1991, Simmons and Wiegand 1994 Weninger 2022
Beta-41000 charcoal NA 14C 10420±85 BP Manning 1991, Simmons 1991, Simmons and Wiegand 1994 Weninger 2022
Beta-41002 charcoal NA 14C 10770±90 BP Manning 1991, Simmons 1991, Simmons and Wiegand 1994 Weninger 2022
Beta-41405 charcoal NA 14C 10190±230 BP Simmons 1991, Simmons and Wiegand 1994 Weninger 2022
Beta-41406 charcoal NA 14C 10485±80 BP Manning 1991, Simmons 1991, Simmons and Wiegand 1994 Weninger 2022
Beta-41407 charcoal NA 14C 10480±300 BP Manning 1991, Simmons 1991, Simmons and Wiegand 1994 Weninger 2022
Beta-41408 charcoal NA 14C 10575±80 BP Manning 1991, Simmons 1991, Simmons and Wiegand 1994 Weninger 2022
Beta-43174 bone pygmy hippopotamus 14C 7150±140 BP Manning 1991, Simmons 1991, Simmons and Wiegand 1994 Weninger 2022
Beta-43176 bone NA 14C 10770±160 BP Manning 1991, Simmons 1991, Simmons and Wiegand 1994 Weninger 2022
ISGS-1743 bone total organics from bone 14C 9100±790 BP Simmons 1991, 683 Weninger 2022
Pta-3112 shell NA 14C 11000±100 BP Simmons 1991, 864 Weninger 2022

typological date Typological dates (97)

Classification Estimated age References
Epipalaeolithic NA Vigne 2009
Epipalaeolithic NA Vigne 2010
Epipalaeolithic NA Vigne 2011
Epipalaeolithic NA Vigne 2012
Epipalaeolithic NA Manning 1991, Simmons 1991, Simmons and Wiegand 1994
Epipalaeolithic NA Manning 1991, Simmons 1991, Simmons and Wiegand 1994
Epipalaeolithic NA Manning 1991, Simmons 1991, Simmons and Wiegand 1994
Epipalaeolithic NA Manning 1991, Simmons 1991, Simmons and Wiegand 1994
Epipalaeolithic NA Manning 1991, Simmons 1991, Simmons and Wiegand 1994
Epipalaeolithic NA Manning 1991, Simmons 1991, Simmons and Wiegand 1994
Epipalaeolithic NA Manning 1991, Simmons 1991, Simmons and Wiegand 1994
Epipalaeolithic NA Manning 1991, Simmons 1991, Simmons and Wiegand 1994
Epipalaeolithic NA Simmons 1991, Simmons and Wiegand 1994
Epipalaeolithic NA Manning 1991, Simmons 1991, Simmons and Wiegand 1994
Epipalaeolithic NA Manning 1991, Simmons 1991, Simmons and Wiegand 1994
Epipalaeolithic NA Manning 1991, Simmons 1991, Simmons and Wiegand 1994
Epipalaeolithic NA Manning 1991, Simmons 1991, Simmons and Wiegand 1994
Epipalaeolithic NA Manning 1991, Simmons 1991, Simmons and Wiegand 1994
Epipalaeolithic NA Simmons 1991, 683
Epipalaeolithic NA Simmons 1991, 864

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

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@misc{Vigne 2010,
  
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@misc{Vigne 2011,
  
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@misc{Vigne 2012,
  
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@misc{Manning 1991, Simmons 1991, Simmons and Wiegand 1994,
  
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@misc{Zazzo et al. 2015,
  
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@misc{CalPal,
  
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@misc{Simmons 1991,
  
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@misc{CalPal; Hinz et al. 2012: http://radon-b.ufg.uni-kiel.de/samples/7146,
  
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@misc{BANADORA,
  
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@misc{Manning 1991 Simmons 1991 Simmons and Wiegand 1994,
  
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@misc{Vermeersch2019,
  
}
@misc{Hartz S.  2010. Quartar 57: 155-169. Lisitsyn S.N.  2017 Stratum plus. Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology 1:59-110,
  
}
@misc{Simmons 1991 864,
  
}
@misc{Simmons 1991 863,
  
}
@misc{Simmons and Wiegand 1994 248,
  
}
@misc{CalPal,
  title = {CalPal Edition 2022.9},
  author = {Weninger, Bernie},
  year = {2022},
  month = {sep},
  doi = {1010.5281/zenodo.7422618},
  url = {https://zenodo.org/record/7422618},
  abstract = {CalPal is scientific freeware for 14C-based chronological research for Holocene and Palaeolithic Archaeology.},
  copyright = {Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, Open Access},
  howpublished = {Zenodo},
  month_numeric = {9}
}
@misc{CONTEXT,
  url = {http://context-database.uni-koeln.de/index.php},
  note = {Schyle, D. & Böhner, U. 2006. Near Eastern radiocarbon CONTEXT database. https://doi.org/10.1594/GFZ.CONTEXT.ED1}
}
@article{NERD,
  title = {The NERD Dataset: Near East Radiocarbon Dates between 15,000 and 1,500 Cal. Yr. BP},
  shorttitle = {The NERD Dataset},
  author = {Palmisano, Alessio and Bevan, Andrew and Lawrence, Dan and Shennan, Stephen},
  date = {2022-02-22},
  volume = {10},
  number = {0},
  pages = {2},
  publisher = {Ubiquity Press},
  issn = {2049-1565},
  doi = {10.5334/joad.90},
  url = {https://openarchaeologydata.metajnl.com/articles/10.5334/joad.90},
  urldate = {2023-09-07},
  abstract = {To our knowledge, the dataset described in this paper represents the largest existing repository of uncalibrated radiocarbon dates for the whole Near East from the Late Pleistocene to the Late Holocene (15,000 – 1,500 cal. yr. BP). It is composed of 11,027 radiocarbon dates from 1,023 sites that have been collected comprehensively by cross-checking multiple sources (extant digital archives and databases, edited volumes, monographs, journals papers, archaeological excavation reports, etc.) under the umbrella of the Leverhulme Trust funded project “Changing the Face of the Mediterranean” and of the ERC project “CLASS – Climate, Landscape, Settlement and Society: Exploring Human-Environment Interaction in the Ancient Near East”. This is an ongoing dataset that will be updated step by step with newly published radiocarbon dates.},
  issue = {0},
  langid = {american},
  file = {/home/joeroe/g/work/library/2022/Palmisano_et_al_2022.pdf}
}
@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: Vigne 2009
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:bibtex_key: Vigne 2010
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: Vigne 2011
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: Vigne 2012
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: Manning 1991, Simmons 1991, Simmons and Wiegand 1994
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: Simmons 1991, Simmons and Wiegand 1994
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: Simmons 1991, 683
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: Simmons 1991, 864
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: Simmons 1991, 863
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: Simmons and Wiegand 1994, 248
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: Simmons and Wiegand 1994
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: Vigne et al. 2009
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: Zazzo et al. 2015
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: CalPal
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: CalPal;Simmons 1991
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: Simmons 1999; Manning 2013.
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: Simmons 1991; CalPal
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: Simmons 1991
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: 'CalPal; Hinz et al. 2012: http://radon-b.ufg.uni-kiel.de/samples/7146'
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: BANADORA
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: Manning 1991 Simmons 1991 Simmons and Wiegand 1994
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: Vermeersch2019
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Hartz S.  2010. Quartar 57: 155-169. Lisitsyn S.N.  2017 Stratum plus.
  Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology 1:59-110'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Simmons 1991 864
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Simmons 1991 863
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: Simmons and Wiegand 1994 248
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
- :bibtex_key: CalPal
  :bibtex_type: :misc
  :title: "{CalPal Edition 2022.9}"
  :author: "{Weninger, Bernie}"
  :year: "{2022}"
  :month: "{sep}"
  :doi: "{1010.5281/zenodo.7422618}"
  :url: "{https://zenodo.org/record/7422618}"
  :abstract: "{CalPal is scientific freeware for 14C-based chronological research
    for Holocene and Palaeolithic Archaeology.}"
  :copyright: "{Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, Open Access}"
  :howpublished: "{Zenodo}"
  :month_numeric: "{9}"
---
- :bibtex_key: CONTEXT
  :bibtex_type: :misc
  :url: "{http://context-database.uni-koeln.de/index.php}"
  :note: "{Schyle, D. & Böhner, U. 2006. Near Eastern radiocarbon CONTEXT database.
    https://doi.org/10.1594/GFZ.CONTEXT.ED1}"
---
- :bibtex_key: NERD
  :bibtex_type: :article
  :title: "{The NERD Dataset: Near East Radiocarbon Dates between 15,000 and 1,500
    Cal. Yr. BP}"
  :shorttitle: "{The NERD Dataset}"
  :author: "{Palmisano, Alessio and Bevan, Andrew and Lawrence, Dan and Shennan, Stephen}"
  :date: "{2022-02-22}"
  :volume: "{10}"
  :number: "{0}"
  :pages: "{2}"
  :publisher: "{Ubiquity Press}"
  :issn: "{2049-1565}"
  :doi: "{10.5334/joad.90}"
  :url: "{https://openarchaeologydata.metajnl.com/articles/10.5334/joad.90}"
  :urldate: "{2023-09-07}"
  :abstract: "{To our knowledge, the dataset described in this paper represents the
    largest existing repository of uncalibrated radiocarbon dates for the whole Near
    East from the Late Pleistocene to the Late Holocene (15,000 – 1,500 cal. yr. BP).
    It is composed of 11,027 radiocarbon dates from 1,023 sites that have been collected
    comprehensively by cross-checking multiple sources (extant digital archives and
    databases, edited volumes, monographs, journals papers, archaeological excavation
    reports, etc.) under the umbrella of the Leverhulme Trust funded project “Changing
    the Face of the Mediterranean” and of the ERC project “CLASS – Climate, Landscape,
    Settlement and Society: Exploring Human-Environment Interaction in the Ancient
    Near East”. This is an ongoing dataset that will be updated step by step with
    newly published radiocarbon dates.}"
  :issue: "{0}"
  :langid: "{american}"
  :file: "{/home/joeroe/g/work/library/2022/Palmisano_et_al_2022.pdf}"
---
- :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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