Bostholm
Archaeological site
in Denmark
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Last updated on 2022-12-02 00:50:45 UTC.
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Location
Radiocarbon dates
(50)
| Lab ID | Context | Material | Taxon | Method | Uncalibrated age | Calibrated age | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KI-775 | Schnitt IV | wood | bottom edge of the upper archaeological layer. | NA | 3760±55 BP | Meurers-Balke et al. 1985, 304 Hinz et al. 2012 | |
| KN-1866 | Schnitt III, auf dem Steinpflaster | wood | NA | NA | 4440±60 BP | Meurers-Balke et al. 1985, 304 Hinz et al. 2012 | |
| KN-1933 | Schnitt IV, unterster Teil der Fundschicht | charcoal | angebranntes Holz | NA | 4440±55 BP | Meurers-Balke et al. 1985, 304 Hinz et al. 2012 | |
| KN-2946 | Schnitt III | peat | peat underneath the archaeological layer. Profil for pollen analyses -265-270 cm. | NA | 4620±55 BP | Meurers-Balke et al. 1985, 304 Hinz et al. 2012 | |
| Hv-5591 | påle, snitt III | wood | Trä (wood)(Holz) | NA | 4305±110 BP | Hinz et al. 2012 | |
| KN-1859 | Schnitt III, angespitzer Pfahl I | wood | NA | NA | 4330±70 BP | Meurers-Balke et al. 1985, 304 Hinz et al. 2012 | |
| KN-1865 | schnitt I | charcoal | charcoal from an pothole. | NA | 4130±70 BP | Meurers-Balke et al. 1985, 304 Hinz et al. 2012 | |
| KI-777 | Schnitt IV. Oberkannte Schiftorf über Fundschicht | wood | burnt wood (angebranntes Holz) | NA | 2830±100 BP | Meurers-Balke et al. 1985, 304 Hinz et al. 2012 | |
| KN-1113 | Suchloch C (1963) | wood | oak log (Eichenstamm) above the archaeological layer. | NA | 3340±100 BP | Meurers-Balke et al. 1985, 304 Hinz et al. 2012 | |
| Hv-5594 | påle, snitt III | wood | Trä (wood)(Holz) | NA | 4385±120 BP | Hinz et al. 2012 | |
| KI-776 | snitt IV, uk av fyndlgr | wood | Trä (wood)(Holz) | NA | 4700±75 BP | Hinz et al. 2012 | |
| Hv-5591 | wood | NA | NA | 4305±110 BP | Hinz et al. 2012 Bird et al. 2022 | ||
| Hv-5594 | wood | NA | NA | 4385±120 BP | Hinz et al. 2012 Bird et al. 2022 | ||
| KI-775 | wood | NA | NA | 3760±55 BP | Meurers-Balke et al. 1985 304 Bird et al. 2022 | ||
| KI-776 | wood | NA | NA | 4700±75 BP | Hinz et al. 2012 Bird et al. 2022 | ||
| KI-777 | wood | NA | NA | 2830±100 BP | Meurers-Balke et al. 1985 304 Bird et al. 2022 | ||
| KN-1052 | charcoal | NA | NA | 4350±40 BP | Meurers-Balke et al. 1985 304 Bird et al. 2022 | ||
| KN-1112 | wood | NA | NA | 4020±55 BP | Meurers-Balke et al. 1985 304 Bird et al. 2022 | ||
| KN-1113 | wood | NA | NA | 3340±100 BP | Meurers-Balke et al. 1985 304 Bird et al. 2022 | ||
| KN-152 | charcoal | NA | NA | 4350±40 BP | CALPAL Bird et al. 2022 |
Typological dates
(49)
Bibliographic references
- No bibliographic information available. [Kiel DB 2170]
- No bibliographic information available. [Kiel DB 2171]
- No bibliographic information available. [Kiel DB 2172]
- No bibliographic information available. [Kiel DB 2173]
- No bibliographic information available. [Kiel DB 2174]
- No bibliographic information available. [Kiel DB 2175]
- No bibliographic information available. [Kiel DB 2176]
- No bibliographic information available. [Kiel DB 2177]
- No bibliographic information available. [Kiel DB 2178]
- No bibliographic information available. [Kiel DB 2179]
- No bibliographic information available. [Kiel DB 2180]
- No bibliographic information available. [Kiel DB 2181]
- No bibliographic information available. [Kiel DB 2182]
- No bibliographic information available. [Kiel DB 2183]
- No bibliographic information available. [Meurers-Balke et al. 1985, 304]
- Hinz, M., Furholt, M., Müller, J., Raetzel-Fabian, D., Rinne, C., Sjögren, K.-G., & Wotzka, H.-P. (2012). RADON - Radiocarbon Dates Online 2012. Central European Database of 14C Dates for the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age. Journal of Neolithic Archaeology, 14, 1–4. https://www.jna.uni-kiel.de/index.php/jna/article/view/65/116 [RADON]
- No bibliographic information available. [Meurers-Balke et al. 1985 304]
- No bibliographic information available. [CALPAL]
- Weninger, B. (2022). CalPal Edition 2022.9. Zenodo. https://doi.org/1010.5281/zenodo.7422618 [CalPal2022]
- Hinz, M., Furholt, M., Müller, J., Raetzel-Fabian, D., Rinne, C., Sjögren, K.-G., & Wotzka, H.-P. (2012). RADON - Radiocarbon Dates Online 2012. Central European Database of 14C Dates for the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age. Journal of Neolithic Archaeology, 14, 1–4. https://www.jna.uni-kiel.de/index.php/jna/article/view/65/116 [RADON]
- Bird, D., Miranda, L., Vander Linden, M., Robinson, E., Bocinsky, R. K., Nicholson, C., Capriles, J. M., Finley, J. B., Gayo, E. M., Gil, A., d’Alpoim Guedes, J., Hoggarth, J. A., Kay, A., Loftus, E., Lombardo, U., Mackie, M., Palmisano, A., Solheim, S., Kelly, R. L., & Freeman, J. (2022). P3k14c, a Synthetic Global Database of Archaeological Radiocarbon Dates. Scientific Data, 9(1), 27. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01118-7 [p3k14c]
@misc{Kiel DB 2170,
}
@misc{Kiel DB 2171,
}
@misc{Kiel DB 2172,
}
@misc{Kiel DB 2173,
}
@misc{Kiel DB 2174,
}
@misc{Kiel DB 2175,
}
@misc{Kiel DB 2176,
}
@misc{Kiel DB 2177,
}
@misc{Kiel DB 2178,
}
@misc{Kiel DB 2179,
}
@misc{Kiel DB 2180,
}
@misc{Kiel DB 2181,
}
@misc{Kiel DB 2182,
}
@misc{Kiel DB 2183,
}
@misc{Meurers-Balke et al. 1985, 304,
}
@article{RADON,
title = {RADON - Radiocarbon Dates Online 2012. Central European Database of 14C Dates for the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age.},
author = {Hinz, Martin and Furholt, Martin and Müller, Johannes and Raetzel-Fabian, Dirk and Rinne, Christophe and Sjögren, Karl-Göran and Wotzka, Hans-Peter},
date = {2012},
journaltitle = {Journal of Neolithic Archaeology},
volume = {14},
pages = {1–4},
url = {https://www.jna.uni-kiel.de/index.php/jna/article/view/65/116},
abstract = {In order to understand the dynamics of cultural phenomena, scientific dating in archaeology is an increasingly indispensable tool. Only by dating independently of typology is it possible to understand typological development itself (Müller 2004). Here radiometric dating methods, especially those based on carbon isotopy, still play the most important role. For evaluations exceeding the intra-site level, it is particularly important that such data is collected in large numbers and that the dates are easily accessible. Also, new statistical analyses, such as sequential calibration based on Bayesian methods, do not require single dates, but rather demand a greater number. By their combination significantly more elaborate results can be achieved compared to the results from conventional evaluation (e. g. Whittle et al. 2011). A second premise of RADON is that of „Open Access“. This approach continues to be applied in the international research community, which we welcome as a highly positive development. The radiocarbon database RADON has been committed to this principle for more than 12 years. In this database 14C data – primarily of the Neolithic of Central Europe and Southern Scandinavia – is collected and successively augmented.}
}
@misc{Meurers-Balke et al. 1985 304,
}
@misc{CALPAL,
}
@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}
}
@article{RADON,
title = {RADON - Radiocarbon Dates Online 2012. Central European Database of 14C Dates for the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age.},
author = {Hinz, Martin and Furholt, Martin and Müller, Johannes and Raetzel-Fabian, Dirk and Rinne, Christophe and Sjögren, Karl-Göran and Wotzka, Hans-Peter},
date = {2012},
journaltitle = {Journal of Neolithic Archaeology},
volume = {14},
pages = {1–4},
url = {https://www.jna.uni-kiel.de/index.php/jna/article/view/65/116},
abstract = {In order to understand the dynamics of cultural phenomena, scientific dating in archaeology is an increasingly indispensable tool. Only by dating independently of typology is it possible to understand typological development itself (Müller 2004). Here radiometric dating methods, especially those based on carbon isotopy, still play the most important role. For evaluations exceeding the intra-site level, it is particularly important that such data is collected in large numbers and that the dates are easily accessible. Also, new statistical analyses, such as sequential calibration based on Bayesian methods, do not require single dates, but rather demand a greater number. By their combination significantly more elaborate results can be achieved compared to the results from conventional evaluation (e. g. Whittle et al. 2011). A second premise of RADON is that of „Open Access“. This approach continues to be applied in the international research community, which we welcome as a highly positive development. The radiocarbon database RADON has been committed to this principle for more than 12 years. In this database 14C data – primarily of the Neolithic of Central Europe and Southern Scandinavia – is collected and successively augmented.}
}
@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: Kiel DB 2173
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: Kiel DB 2174
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: Kiel DB 2175
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: Kiel DB 2176
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: Kiel DB 2177
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: Kiel DB 2178
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: Kiel DB 2179
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: Kiel DB 2180
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: Kiel DB 2181
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: Kiel DB 2182
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: Kiel DB 2183
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: Meurers-Balke et al. 1985, 304
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
- :bibtex_key: RADON
:bibtex_type: :article
:title: "{RADON - Radiocarbon Dates Online 2012. Central European Database of 14C
Dates for the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age.}"
:author: "{Hinz, Martin and Furholt, Martin and Müller, Johannes and Raetzel-Fabian,
Dirk and Rinne, Christophe and Sjögren, Karl-Göran and Wotzka, Hans-Peter}"
:date: "{2012}"
:journaltitle: "{Journal of Neolithic Archaeology}"
:volume: "{14}"
:pages: "{1–4}"
:url: "{https://www.jna.uni-kiel.de/index.php/jna/article/view/65/116}"
:abstract: "{In order to understand the dynamics of cultural phenomena, scientific
dating in archaeology is an increasingly indispensable tool. Only by dating independently
of typology is it possible to understand typological development itself (Müller
2004). Here radiometric dating methods, especially those based on carbon isotopy,
still play the most important role. For evaluations exceeding the intra-site level,
it is particularly important that such data is collected in large numbers and
that the dates are easily accessible. Also, new statistical analyses, such as
sequential calibration based on Bayesian methods, do not require single dates,
but rather demand a greater number. By their combination significantly more elaborate
results can be achieved compared to the results from conventional evaluation (e.
g. Whittle et al. 2011). A second premise of RADON is that of „Open Access“. This
approach continues to be applied in the international research community, which
we welcome as a highly positive development. The radiocarbon database RADON has
been committed to this principle for more than 12 years. In this database 14C
data – primarily of the Neolithic of Central Europe and Southern Scandinavia –
is collected and successively augmented.}"
---
:bibtex_key: Meurers-Balke et al. 1985 304
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: CALPAL
: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: RADON
:bibtex_type: :article
:title: "{RADON - Radiocarbon Dates Online 2012. Central European Database of 14C
Dates for the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age.}"
:author: "{Hinz, Martin and Furholt, Martin and Müller, Johannes and Raetzel-Fabian,
Dirk and Rinne, Christophe and Sjögren, Karl-Göran and Wotzka, Hans-Peter}"
:date: "{2012}"
:journaltitle: "{Journal of Neolithic Archaeology}"
:volume: "{14}"
:pages: "{1–4}"
:url: "{https://www.jna.uni-kiel.de/index.php/jna/article/view/65/116}"
:abstract: "{In order to understand the dynamics of cultural phenomena, scientific
dating in archaeology is an increasingly indispensable tool. Only by dating independently
of typology is it possible to understand typological development itself (Müller
2004). Here radiometric dating methods, especially those based on carbon isotopy,
still play the most important role. For evaluations exceeding the intra-site level,
it is particularly important that such data is collected in large numbers and
that the dates are easily accessible. Also, new statistical analyses, such as
sequential calibration based on Bayesian methods, do not require single dates,
but rather demand a greater number. By their combination significantly more elaborate
results can be achieved compared to the results from conventional evaluation (e.
g. Whittle et al. 2011). A second premise of RADON is that of „Open Access“. This
approach continues to be applied in the international research community, which
we welcome as a highly positive development. The radiocarbon database RADON has
been committed to this principle for more than 12 years. In this database 14C
data – primarily of the Neolithic of Central Europe and Southern Scandinavia –
is collected and successively augmented.}"
---
- :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}"