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Henshilwood, 1996

series: Henshilwood, 1996

	labcode	country	region	longitude	latitude	site	sample	material	species	d13C	r_date	r_date_sigma	qual	F14C	F14C_sigma
	OxA-4543	South Africa	Western Cape	21.2167	-34.4	Blombos Cave	E2, MCIV	bone	Ovis aries	-12.6	1960	50		0.7836	0.0047
	OxA-4544	South Africa	Western Cape	21.2167	-34.4	Blombos Cave	E2, dune	bone	Ovis aries	-12.9	1880	55		0.7912	0.0055

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Records

BBC

environment: Fynbos Biome
site_context: rock shelter
site: Blombos Cave
country: South Africa
region: Western Cape
latitude: -34.400001525879
longitude: 21.21669960022
record: BBC
site_type: Archaeological

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BBC_Radiocarbon

series: BBC_Radiocarbon
series_type: R_Dates
parameter_list: ~z,~z_range,r_technique,period,sub_period,context,sub_context,notes

	t	t_sigma	labcode	sample	qual	r_date	r_date_sigma	material	taxon	d13C	r_technique	period	sub_period	context	sub_context	notes
	88.8641	67.9153	OxA-4543	E2, MCIV		1960	50	bone	Ovis aries		AMS	LSA	Ceramic LSA
	182.189	71.5513	OxA-4544	E2, dune		1880	55	bone	Ovis aries		AMS	LSA	Ceramic LSA
	-458.636	113.409	Pta-6175	Pta-6175		2400	40	marine shell			conventional 14C	LSA	Final LSA
	1642.66	52.3223	Pta-6184	Pta-6184		290	20	charcoal			conventional 14C	LSA	Ceramic LSA
	231.208	70.7228	Pta-6185	Pta-6185		1840	50	charcoal			conventional 14C	LSA	Ceramic LSA
	-281.174	66.9798	Pta-6246	Pta-6246		2280	50	marine shell			conventional 14C	LSA	Final LSA
	-319.699	94.5256	Pta-6247	Pta-6247		2340	50	marine shell			conventional 14C	LSA	Final LSA
	43.9271	57.4729	Wk-25554	Wk-25554		1995	43	charcoal			conventional 14C	LSA	Ceramic LSA

data_url: https://intchron.org/public.php?record=sadb/BBC

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Henshilwood, C. (1996) A revised chronology for pastoralism in southernmost Africa: new evidence of sheep at c. 2000 b.p. from Blombos Cave, South Africa. Antiquity, 70(270), pp.945-949. doi:10.1017/s0003598x00084210 data publication
Henshilwood, C.S. (2008) Holocene prehistory of the southern Cape. Excavations at Blombos Cave and Blombosfontein Nature Reserve. BAR International Series 1860. Oxford, Archaeopress. data
Higham, T. F. G., Bronk Ramsey, C., Brock, F., Baker, D., & Ditchfield, P. (2007). Radiocarbon dates from the oxford ams system: archaeometry datelist 32. Archaeometry, 49(S1), 1-60. data
Orton, J. (2015) The introduction of pastoralism to southernmost Africa: thoughts on new contributions to an ongoing debate. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 50(2), pp.250-258. doi:10.1080/0067270x.2015.1019262 data publication

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