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Location

Coordinates (degrees)
018.370° N, 009.160° W
Coordinates (DMS)
018° 22' 00" W, 009° 09' 00" N
Country (ISO 3166)
Mauritania (MR)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (9)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
Dak-185 NA Charcoal NA NA 1663±113 BP 1820–1312 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
Dak-187 NA n.d. NA NA 2975±110 BP 3391–2860 cal 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
Dak-190 NA n.d. NA NA 2760±160 BP 3339–2465 cal 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
Dak-203 NA n.d. NA NA 3122±120 BP 3615–2965 cal 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
Dak-52 NA Ashes NA NA 3776±120 BP 4517–3833 cal 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
Gif-6083 NA Charcoal NA NA 2430±80 BP 2725–2340 cal 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
I-3565 NA Charcoal NA NA 3100±105 BP 3558–2998 cal 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
MC-427 NA Bone NA NA 3490±50 BP 3892–3593 cal 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
Pa-1157 NA Ceramic temper NA NA 3500±100 BP 4077–3490 cal BP Manning K. (2010). A developmental history for early West African agriculture. West African Archaeology : New developments new perspectives. BAR International Series 2164 pp. 43-52. ISBN 978 1 4073 0708 4 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{McIntosh R.J. and McIntosh S.K. 1986. “Recent archaeological research and dates from West Africa.” Journal of African History 27: 413–442,
  
}
@misc{Manning K. (2010). A developmental history for early West African agriculture. West African Archaeology : New developments new perspectives. BAR International Series 2164 pp. 43-52. ISBN 978 1 4073 0708 4,
  
}
@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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