Site type

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
027.914° S, 027.911° E
Coordinates (DMS)
027° 54' 00" E, 027° 54' 00" S
Country (ISO 3166)
South Africa (ZA)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (9)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
Pta-1122 Channel near paved area in southern Zone D plant remains NA conventional 14C 140±60 BP maggs1976csh
Pta-1123 Channel in southwest of Zone D plant remains NA conventional 14C 230±50 BP maggs1976csh
Pta-133 Stone circle near Hut 1 charcoal NA conventional 14C 70±50 BP maggs1976csh
Pta-134 Below Hut 16 plant remains NA conventional 14C 140±50 BP maggs1976csh
Pta-401 Below Hut 16 plant remains NA conventional 14C 0±50 BP maggs1976csh
Pta-1122 plant remains NA NA 140±60 BP Maggs T.O.C. 1976.Iron Age communities of the southern Highveld(No. 2). Council of the Natal Museum. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-1123 plant remains NA NA 230±50 BP Kuman K. and Clarke R.J. 1986. Florisbad—new investigations at a Middle Stone Age hominid site in South Africa.Geoarchaeology1(2) pp.103-125. Bird et al. 2022
Pta-133 charcoal NA NA 70±50 BP Vogel JC Fuls A and Visser E. 1986. Pretoria Radiocarbon dates III. Radiocarbon 28: 1133-117 Bird et al. 2022
Pta-134 plant remains NA NA 140±50 BP Mason R.J. 1981. Early Iron Age settlement at Broederstroom 24/73 Transvaal South Africa.South African Journal of Science77(9) pp.401-416. Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (10)

Classification Estimated age References
Iron Age NA maggs1976csh
NA NA
Iron Age NA maggs1976csh
NA NA
Iron Age NA maggs1976csh
NA NA
Iron Age NA maggs1976csh
NA NA
Iron Age NA maggs1976csh
NA NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{maggs1976csh,
  
}
@misc{Maggs T.O.C. 1976.Iron Age communities of the southern Highveld(No. 2). Council of the Natal Museum.,
  
}
@misc{Kuman K. and Clarke R.J. 1986. Florisbad—new investigations at a Middle Stone Age hominid site in South Africa.Geoarchaeology1(2) pp.103-125.,
  
}
@misc{Vogel JC Fuls A and Visser E. 1986. Pretoria Radiocarbon dates III. Radiocarbon 28: 1133-117,
  
}
@misc{Mason R.J. 1981. Early Iron Age settlement at Broederstroom 24/73 Transvaal South Africa.South African Journal of Science77(9) pp.401-416.,
  
}
@misc{SARD,
  url = {https://github.com/emmaloftus/Southern-African-Radiocarbon-Database},
  note = { Loftus, E., Mitchell, P., & Ramsey, C. (2019). An archaeological radiocarbon database for southern Africa. Antiquity, 93(370), 870-885. doi:10.15184/aqy.2019.75}
}
@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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  South Africa.South African Journal of Science77(9) pp.401-416.
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    projects, funded over the past decade, have assembled such databases from multiple
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    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.}"
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