Site types
Shelter and

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
045.450° N, 005.783° E
Coordinates (DMS)
045° 27' 00" E, 005° 46' 00" N
Country (ISO 3166)
France (FR)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (30)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
OxA-5260 / Ly-130 habitat bone, metapodial NA AMS 14060±130 BP 17397–16705 cal BP “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
OxA-4937 / Ly-89 habitat bone, mandible NA AMS 13810±110 BP 17041–16420 cal BP “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
Ly-4330 habitat NA 14C 6890±650 BP 9129–6319 cal BP “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
Ly-4330 NA 14C 6890±650 BP 9129–6319 cal BP Girard M. & Bui-Thi-Mai, 1984.Notes internes du CNRS, n°69 :15p. Weninger 2022
Ly-4330 NA NA 6890±650 BP 9129–6319 cal BP Girard M. & Bui-Thi-Mai 1984.Notes internes du CNRS n°69 :15p. Bird et al. 2022
Ly-4329 NA 14C 6790±200 BP 8012–7309 cal BP Weninger 2022
Ly-4329 habitat NA 14C 6790±200 BP 8012–7309 cal BP “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
Ly-4329 NA NA 6790±200 BP 8012–7309 cal BP CALPAL Bird et al. 2022
Ly-4328 habitat NA 14C 9740±370 BP 12470–10230 cal BP “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
Ly-4327 habitat NA 14C 10030±120 BP 11940–11230 cal BP “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
Ly-4326 habitat NA 14C 10360±150 BP 12689–11647 cal BP “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
Ly-4325 habitat NA 14C 11740±110 BP 13799–13354 cal BP “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
Ly-3596 habitat NA 14C 10800±230 BP 13168–12004 cal BP “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
Ly-3595 habitat NA 14C 11240±160 BP 13443–12830 cal BP “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
Ly-3594 habitat NA 14C 10990±180 BP 13287–12674 cal BP “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
Ly-2917 habitat bone NA 14C 11030±250 BP 13462–12482 cal BP Delibrias et al. 1987 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
Ly-2916 habitat bone NA 14C 10750±190 BP 13095–12060 cal BP Delibrias et al. 1987 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
Ly-2915 habitat bone NA 14C 12680±550 BP 16570–13501 cal BP Delibrias et al. 1987 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
Ly-2914 habitat bone NA 14C 10240±310 BP 12757–10891 cal BP Delibrias et al. 1987 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011
Ly-2913 habitat bone NA 14C 8580±200 BP 10180–9129 cal BP Delibrias et al. 1987 “PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database” 2011

typological date Typological dates (52)

Classification Estimated age References
Tci NA NA
Epipalaeolithic NA Girard M. & Bui-Thi-Mai, 1984.Notes internes du CNRS, n°69 :15p.
Mesolithic NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA NA
Magdalenian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA NA
Magdalenian NA NA
Upper Paleolithic NA NA
Magdalenian NA NA
Epipaleolithic NA Delibrias et al. 1987
unspec. NA NA
Epipaleolithic NA Delibrias et al. 1987
Azilian NA NA
unspec. NA NA
Epipaleolithic NA Delibrias et al. 1987
Azilian NA NA
Epipaleolithic NA Delibrias et al. 1987
unspec. NA NA
Epipaleolithic NA NA
Azilian NA NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

  • No bibliographic information available. [Girard M. & Bui-Thi-Mai, 1984.Notes internes du CNRS, n°69 :15p.]
  • No bibliographic information available. [Delibrias et al. 1987]
  • Vermeersch, P. M. (2020). Radiocarbon Palaeolithic Europe Database: A Regularly Updated Dataset of the Radiometric Data Regarding the Palaeolithic of Europe, Siberia Included. Data Brief, 31, 105793. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2020.105793 [Vermeersch 2020]
  • No bibliographic information available. [CALPAL]
  • No bibliographic information available. [Girard M. & Bui-Thi-Mai 1984.Notes internes du CNRS n°69 :15p.]
  • Weninger, B. (2022). CalPal Edition 2022.9. Zenodo. https://doi.org/1010.5281/zenodo.7422618 [CalPal2022]
  • PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database. (2011). PaleoAnthropology, 2011, 1–12. [PACEA]
  • 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]
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}
@misc{Delibrias et al. 1987,
  
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@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}
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@misc{CALPAL,
  
}
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}
@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}
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@article{dErricoEtAl2011,
  title = {PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database},
  author = {},
  date = {2011},
  journaltitle = {PaleoAnthropology},
  volume = {2011},
  pages = {1–12},
  abstract = {Numerous Paleolithic radiocarbon databases exist, but their geographic and temporal scopes are diverse and their availability variable. With this paper we make available to the scientific community a georeferenced database of radiocarbon ages for the late Middle Paleolithic, Upper Paleolithic, and initial Holocene in Europe. The PACEA radiocarbon database consists of conventional and AMS 14C age determinations from archaeological sites in Europe that fall within Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 3–1. In all, we have assembled 6,019 radiocarbon ages (conventional=3,820, AMS=2,176, unspecified=23) from a total of 1,208 sites, along with comprehensive contextual information on the dated samples.},
  keywords = {⛔ No DOI found},
  file = {/home/joeroe/g/work/library/2011/d’Errico_et_al_2011.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: Girard M. & Bui-Thi-Mai, 1984.Notes internes du CNRS, n°69 :15p.
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: Delibrias et al. 1987
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
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  :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}"
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:bibtex_key: Girard M. & Bui-Thi-Mai 1984.Notes internes du CNRS n°69 :15p.
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  :author: "{Weninger, Bernie}"
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  :month: "{sep}"
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  :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}"
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  :title: "{PACEA Geo-Referenced Radiocarbon Database}"
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  :journaltitle: "{PaleoAnthropology}"
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    we make available to the scientific community a georeferenced database of radiocarbon
    ages for the late Middle Paleolithic, Upper Paleolithic, and initial Holocene
    in Europe. The PACEA radiocarbon database consists of conventional and AMS 14C
    age determinations from archaeological sites in Europe that fall within Marine
    Isotope Stages (MIS) 3–1. In all, we have assembled 6,019 radiocarbon ages (conventional=3,820,
    AMS=2,176, unspecified=23) from a total of 1,208 sites, along with comprehensive
    contextual information on the dated samples.}"
  :keywords: "{⛔ No DOI found}"
  :file: "{/home/joeroe/g/work/library/2011/d’Errico_et_al_2011.pdf}"
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  :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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