Site type

Location

200 m
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Coordinates (degrees)
022.550° N, 030.730° E
Coordinates (DMS)
022° 33' 00" E, 030° 43' 00" N
Country (ISO 3166)
Egypt (EG)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (251)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
Gd-6258 seed/fruit burnt plants 14C 7920±110 BP 9021–8457 cal BP Schild ea. 1996; Schild & Wendorf 2001 Weninger 2022
Gd-6260 charcoal NA 14C 8260±100 BP 9465–9013 cal BP Pazdur ea. 1994; Schild & Wendorf 2001 Weninger 2022
Gd-6498 seed/fruit burnt plants 14C 7830±110 BP 8984–8421 cal BP Schild ea. 1996; Schild & Wendorf 2001 Weninger 2022
Gd-6500 seed/fruit burnt plants 14C 7910±110 BP 9014–8457 cal BP Schild ea. 1996; Schild & Wendorf 2001 Weninger 2022
Gd-6503 charcoal NA 14C 7590±110 BP 8595–8178 cal BP Pazdur ea. 1994; Schild & Wendorf 2001 Weninger 2022
Gd-6506 seed/fruit burnt plants 14C 7850±90 BP 8985–8453 cal BP Schild ea. 1996; Schild & Wendorf 2001 Weninger 2022
Gd-6507 seed/fruit burnt plants 14C 7610±120 BP 8644–8055 cal BP Schild ea. 1996; Schild & Wendorf 2001 Weninger 2022
Gd-6508 charcoal NA 14C 7540±110 BP 8586–8041 cal BP Pazdur ea. 1994; Schild & Wendorf 2001 Weninger 2022
Gd-6509 charcoal NA 14C 7480±110 BP 8510–8026 cal BP Pazdur ea. 1994; Schild & Wendorf 2001 Weninger 2022
Gd-6510 charcoal NA 14C 7330±100 BP 8345–7970 cal BP Pazdur ea. 1994; Schild & Wendorf 2001 Weninger 2022
Gd-6733 charcoal NA 14C 6620±90 BP 7662–7332 cal BP Pazdur ea. 1994; Schild & Wendorf 2001 Weninger 2022
Gd-6734 charcoal NA 14C 6710±110 BP 7790–7361 cal BP Pazdur ea. 1994; Schild & Wendorf 2001 Weninger 2022
Gd-6742 charcoal NA 14C 6750±100 BP 7781–7430 cal BP Pazdur ea. 1994; Schild & Wendorf 2001 Weninger 2022
Gd-9307 charcoal NA 14C 7760±240 BP 9260–8036 cal BP Schild & Wendorf 2001 Weninger 2022
nd-100 wood NA 14C 6470±270 BP 7913–6742 cal BP McKim Malville ea. 1998 Weninger 2022
nd-71 NA 14C 4800±80 BP 5705–5320 cal BP McKim Malville ea. 1998 Weninger 2022
nd-86 charcoal NA 14C 5500±160 BP 6635–5932 cal BP McKim Malville ea. 1998 Weninger 2022
OxA-3214 seed/fruit Brassicaceae 14C 8080±110 BP 9395–8604 cal BP Housley 1994, 56 Weninger 2022
OxA-3215 seed/fruit Fabaceae 14C 8095±120 BP 9403–8607 cal BP Housley 1994, 56 Weninger 2022
OxA-3216 seed/fruit Sorghum 14C 7960±100 BP 9085–8545 cal BP Housley 1994, 56 Weninger 2022

typological date Typological dates (252)

Classification Estimated age References
Neolithic NA Schild & Wendorf 2001
el-Adam NA NA
Neolithic NA Schild & Wendorf 2001
al-Jerar NA NA
Neolithic NA Schild & Wendorf 2001
al-Jerar NA NA
Neolithic NA Schild & Wendorf 2001
al-Jerar NA NA
Neolithic NA Schild & Wendorf 2001
néolithique récent NA NA
Neolithic NA Schild & Wendorf 2001
néolithique récent NA NA
Neolithic NA Schild & Wendorf 2001
al-Jerar néolithique NA NA
Neolithic NA Schild & Wendorf 2001
al-Jerar NA NA
Neolithic NA Schild & Wendorf 2001
néolithique récent NA NA
Neolithic NA Schild & Wendorf 2001
néolithique récent NA NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{Schild & Wendorf 2001,
  
}
@misc{Pazdur ea. 1994; Schild & Wendorf 2001,
  
}
@misc{Schild ea. 1996; Schild & Wendorf 2001,
  
}
@misc{McKim Malville ea. 1998,
  
}
@misc{Housley 1994, 56,
  
}
@misc{Hedges ea. 1993; Schild & Wendorf 2001,
  
}
@misc{Wendorf & Hassan 1980,
  
}
@misc{Haas & Haynes 1980; Schild & Wendorf 2001,
  
}
@misc{Haas & Haynes 1980,
  
}
@misc{Wendorf ea. 1991; Schild & Wendorf 2001,
  
}
@misc{Close 1980; Schild & Wendorf 2001,
  
}
@misc{Close 1984c,
  
}
@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{Housley 1994 56,
  
}
@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{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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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. 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:bibtex_key: Schild & Wendorf 2001
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Pazdur ea. 1994; Schild & Wendorf 2001
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Schild ea. 1996; Schild & Wendorf 2001
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: McKim Malville ea. 1998
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Housley 1994, 56
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Hedges ea. 1993; Schild & Wendorf 2001
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Wendorf & Hassan 1980
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Haas & Haynes 1980; Schild & Wendorf 2001
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Haas & Haynes 1980
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Wendorf ea. 1991; Schild & Wendorf 2001
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Close 1980; Schild & Wendorf 2001
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Close 1984c
: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: Housley 1994 56
: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: 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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