Site type

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
050.479° N, 004.676° E
Coordinates (DMS)
050° 28' 00" E, 004° 40' 00" N
Country (ISO 3166)
Belgium (BE)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (26)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
GrA-21546 bone NA NA 31810±250 BP 36633–35565 cal BP Pablo 2010 Bird et al. 2022
GrA-32612 bone NA NA 34410±230 BP 39971–39195 cal BP Semal P. 2008 American Journal of Physical Anthropology 138: 421-428 Bird et al. 2022
GrA-32613 bone NA NA 44350±650 BP 47942–45525 cal BP Semal P. 2008 American Journal of Physical Anthropology 138: 421-428 Bird et al. 2022
GrA-32615 bone NA NA 34640±240 BP 40340–39347 cal BP Semal P. 2008 American Journal of Physical Anthropology 138: 421-428 Bird et al. 2022
GrA-32616 bone NA NA 42330±550 BP 45805–44340 cal BP Otte M. & Miller R. 1999. Eraul 90: 81-95. Flas D. 2008. Anthropologica et Praehistorica 119: 3-253. Germonpre M. 2014. Quaternary Ineternational 337: 28-42. Bird et al. 2022
GrA-32617 bone Coelodonta antiquitatis Linty NA NA 30170±160 BP 34820–34321 cal BP Semal P. 2008American Journal of Physical Anthropology 138: 421-428 Crevecoeur I 2010. JHE 59: 641-656. Germonpr M. 2014. Quaternary Ineternational 337: 28-42. Bird et al. 2022
GrA-32619 bone NA NA 32830±200 BP 37705–36640 cal BP Semal P. 2008American Journal of Physical Anthropology 138: 421-428 Crevecoeur I 2010. JHE 59: 641-656. Germonpr M. 2014. Quaternary Ineternational 337: 28-42. Bird et al. 2022
GrA-32623 bone NA NA 35810±260 BP 41315–40504 cal BP Semal P. 2008American Journal of Physical Anthropology 138: 421-428 Crevecoeur I 2010. JHE 59: 641-656. Germonpr M. 2014. Quaternary Ineternational 337: 28-42. Bird et al. 2022
GrA-32626 bone NA NA 36350±310 BP 41872–40915 cal BP Semal P. 2008American Journal of Physical Anthropology 138: 421-428 Crevecoeur I 2010. JHE 59: 641-656. Germonpr M. 2014. Quaternary Ineternational 337: 28-42. Bird et al. 2022
GrA-32627 bone NA NA 32970±200 BP 38235–36892 cal BP Semal P. 2008American Journal of Physical Anthropology 138: 421-428 Crevecoeur I 2010. JHE 59: 641-656. Germonpr M. 2014. Quaternary Ineternational 337: 28-42. Bird et al. 2022
GrA-32630 bone NA NA 33940±220 BP 39588–38245 cal BP Pirson St. 2007. Contribuytion a l'etude des depots d'entree de grotte en Belgique au Pleistocene superieur Liege PhD thesis Bird et al. 2022
GrA-37931 bone NA NA 26390±140 BP 30975–30323 cal BP Germonpre M. 2014. Quaternary Ineternational 337: 28-42. Bird et al. 2022
GrA-37932 bone NA NA 34580±330 BP 40463–39200 cal BP Semal P. 2008 American Journal of Physical Anthropology 138: 421-428 Bird et al. 2022
GrA-37934 bone NA NA 29040±180 BP 34020–33130 cal BP Semal P. 2008 American Journal of Physical Anthropology 138: 421-428 Germonpre M. 2014. Quaternary Ineternational 337: 28-42. Bird et al. 2022
GrA-37936 bone NA NA 25670±130 BP 30180–29728 cal BP Prat S. 2011. PLoS ONE 6/6 e20834 Bird et al. 2022
GrA-44546 bone NA NA 36920±400 BP 42165–41209 cal BP Semal P. 2008American Journal of Physical Anthropology 138: 421-428 Crevecoeur I 2010. JHE 59: 641-656. Germonpr M. 2014. Quaternary Ineternational 337: 28-42. Bird et al. 2022
GrA-44547 bone NA NA 42750±850 BP 46836–44115 cal BP Semal P. 2008American Journal of Physical Anthropology 138: 421-428 Crevecoeur I 2010. JHE 59: 641-656. Germonpr M. 2014. Quaternary Ineternational 337: 28-42. Bird et al. 2022
GrA-44548 bone NA NA 42950±800 BP 46815–44379 cal BP Scheu 2012: Table 13.35 Bird et al. 2022
GrN-14622 bone NA NA 30000±1900 BP 38800–30800 cal BP Garfinkel 1999 Bird et al. 2022
IRPA-203 bone NA NA 25300±510 BP 30764–28550 cal BP CalPal after Hole 1987; IRPA Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (0)

Classification Estimated age References

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{Pablo 2010,
  
}
@misc{Semal P.  2008 American Journal of Physical Anthropology 138: 421-428,
  
}
@misc{Otte M. & Miller R. 1999.  Eraul 90: 81-95. Flas D. 2008. Anthropologica et Praehistorica 119: 3-253. Germonpre M. 2014. Quaternary Ineternational 337: 28-42.,
  
}
@misc{Semal P. 2008American Journal of Physical Anthropology 138: 421-428 Crevecoeur I  2010. JHE 59: 641-656. Germonpr M. 2014. Quaternary Ineternational 337: 28-42.,
  
}
@misc{Pirson St. 2007. Contribuytion a l'etude des depots d'entree de grotte en Belgique au Pleistocene superieur Liege PhD thesis,
  
}
@misc{Germonpre M. 2014. Quaternary Ineternational 337: 28-42.,
  
}
@misc{Semal P.  2008 American Journal of Physical Anthropology 138: 421-428 Germonpre M. 2014. Quaternary Ineternational 337: 28-42.,
  
}
@misc{Prat S.  2011. PLoS ONE 6/6 e20834,
  
}
@misc{Scheu 2012: Table 13.35,
  
}
@misc{Garfinkel 1999,
  
}
@misc{CalPal after Hole 1987; IRPA,
  
}
@article{Vermeersch2020,
  title = {Radiocarbon Palaeolithic Europe Database: A Regularly Updated Dataset of the Radiometric Data Regarding the Palaeolithic of Europe, Siberia Included},
  author = {Vermeersch, Pierre M},
  year = {2020},
  month = {aug},
  journal = {Data Brief},
  volume = {31},
  pages = {105793},
  issn = {2352-3409},
  doi = {10.1016/j.dib.2020.105793},
  abstract = {At the Berlin INQUA Congress (1995) a working group, European Late Pleistocene Isotopic Stages 2 & 3: Humans, Their Ecology & Cultural Adaptations, was established under the direction of J. Renault-Miskovsky (Institut de Paléontologie humaine, Paris). One of the objectives was building a database of the human occupation of Europe during this period. The database has been enlarged and now includes Lower, Middle and Upper Palaeolithic sites connecting them to their environmental conditions and the available chronometric dating. From version 14 on, only sites with chronometric data were included. In this database we have collected the available radiometric data from literature and from other more restricted databases. We try to incorporate newly published chronometric dates, collected from all kind of available publications. Only dates older than 9500 uncalibrated BP, correlated with a "cultural" level obtained by scientific excavations of European (Asian Russian Federation included) Palaeolithic sites, have been included. The dates are complemented with information related to cultural remains, stratigraphic, sedimentologic and palaeontologic information within a Microsoft Access database. For colleagues mainly interested in a list of all chronometric dates an Microsoft Excel list (with no details) is available (Tab. 1). A file, containing all sites with known coordinates, that can be opened for immediate use in Google Earth is available as a *.kmz file. It will give the possibility to introduce (by file open) in Google Earth the whole site list in "My Places". The database, version 27 (first version was available in 2002), contains now 13,202 site forms, (most of them with their geographical coordinates), comprising 17,022 radiometric data: Conv. 14C and AMS 14C (13,144 items), TL (678 items), OSL (1050 items), ESR, Th/U and AAR (2150 items) from the Lower, Middle and Upper Palaeolithic. All 14C dates are conventional dates BP. This improved version 27 replaces the older version 26.},
  month_numeric = {8}
}
@misc{Gilot E. in:  M. Dewez  Recherches ÔøΩ la Grotte Walon & Trooz 1993 Soc. Wall. de Palethnologie 723. Higham T.  2014. Nature 512: 306-309.,
  
}
@misc{http://radon.ufg.uni-kiel.de/samples/13196,
  
}
@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: Pablo 2010
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Semal P.  2008 American Journal of Physical Anthropology 138: 421-428'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Otte M. & Miller R. 1999.  Eraul 90: 81-95. Flas D. 2008. Anthropologica
  et Praehistorica 119: 3-253. Germonpre M. 2014. Quaternary Ineternational 337: 28-42.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Semal P. 2008American Journal of Physical Anthropology 138: 421-428
  Crevecoeur I  2010. JHE 59: 641-656. Germonpr M. 2014. Quaternary Ineternational
  337: 28-42.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Pirson St. 2007. Contribuytion a l'etude des depots d'entree de grotte
  en Belgique au Pleistocene superieur Liege PhD thesis
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Germonpre M. 2014. Quaternary Ineternational 337: 28-42.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Semal P.  2008 American Journal of Physical Anthropology 138: 421-428
  Germonpre M. 2014. Quaternary Ineternational 337: 28-42.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Prat S.  2011. PLoS ONE 6/6 e20834
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Scheu 2012: Table 13.35'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Garfinkel 1999
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: CalPal after Hole 1987; IRPA
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
- :bibtex_key: Vermeersch2020
  :bibtex_type: :article
  :title: "{Radiocarbon Palaeolithic Europe Database: A Regularly Updated Dataset
    of the Radiometric Data Regarding the Palaeolithic of Europe, Siberia Included}"
  :author: "{Vermeersch, Pierre M}"
  :year: "{2020}"
  :month: "{aug}"
  :journal: "{Data Brief}"
  :volume: "{31}"
  :pages: "{105793}"
  :issn: "{2352-3409}"
  :doi: "{10.1016/j.dib.2020.105793}"
  :abstract: '{At the Berlin INQUA Congress (1995) a working group, European Late
    Pleistocene Isotopic Stages 2 & 3: Humans, Their Ecology & Cultural Adaptations,
    was established under the direction of J. Renault-Miskovsky (Institut de Paléontologie
    humaine, Paris). One of the objectives was building a database of the human occupation
    of Europe during this period. The database has been enlarged and now includes
    Lower, Middle and Upper Palaeolithic sites connecting them to their environmental
    conditions and the available chronometric dating. From version 14 on, only sites
    with chronometric data were included. In this database we have collected the available
    radiometric data from literature and from other more restricted databases. We
    try to incorporate newly published chronometric dates, collected from all kind
    of available publications. Only dates older than 9500 uncalibrated BP, correlated
    with a "cultural" level obtained by scientific excavations of European (Asian
    Russian Federation included) Palaeolithic sites, have been included. The dates
    are complemented with information related to cultural remains, stratigraphic,
    sedimentologic and palaeontologic information within a Microsoft Access database.
    For colleagues mainly interested in a list of all chronometric dates an Microsoft
    Excel list (with no details) is available (Tab. 1). A file, containing all sites
    with known coordinates, that can be opened for immediate use in Google Earth is
    available as a *.kmz file. It will give the possibility to introduce (by file
    open) in Google Earth the whole site list in "My Places". The database, version
    27 (first version was available in 2002), contains now 13,202 site forms, (most
    of them with their geographical coordinates), comprising 17,022 radiometric data:
    Conv. 14C and AMS 14C (13,144 items), TL (678 items), OSL (1050 items), ESR, Th/U
    and AAR (2150 items) from the Lower, Middle and Upper Palaeolithic. All 14C dates
    are conventional dates BP. This improved version 27 replaces the older version
    26.}'
  :month_numeric: "{8}"
---
:bibtex_key: 'Gilot E. in:  M. Dewez  Recherches ÔøΩ la Grotte Walon & Trooz 1993
  Soc. Wall. de Palethnologie 723. Higham T.  2014. Nature 512: 306-309.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: http://radon.ufg.uni-kiel.de/samples/13196
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
- :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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