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MB001E

environment: Succulent Karoo Biome
site_context: shell midden
site: MB2005/001E
country: South Africa
region: Northern Cape
latitude: -30.468700408936
longitude: 17.3607006073
record: MB001E
site_type: Archaeological

Data series

MB001E_Radiocarbon

series: MB001E_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
-2210.81	208.044	GX-32756	GX-32756		3810	145	marine shell			AMS	LSA		Layer 3 H43 TOP
-2712.25	122.324	GX-32757	GX-32757		4180	90	marine shell			AMS	LSA		Layer 4 H43 Layer 6
-204.948	81.9216	OxA-24552	MB2005/001E A39 2nd Layer		2190	27	bone	Chersina angulata		AMS	LSA		Layer 1 A39 2nd layer
-175.975	77.0282	OxA-24553	MB2005/001E A39 4th Layer		2176	27	bone	Chersina angulata		AMS	LSA		Layer 1 A39 4th layer
-900.497	49.4022	OxA-24554	MB2005/001E A40 8th Layer		2796	27	bone	Chersina angulata		AMS	LSA		Layer 2 A39 8th layer

data_url: https://intchron.org/public.php?record=sadb/MB001E

MB016

environment: Succulent Karoo Biome
site_context: shell midden
site: Mitchell's Bay 2005/016
country: South Africa
region: Northern Cape
latitude: -30.388299942017
longitude: 17.314399719238
record: MB016
site_type: Archaeological

Data series

MB016_Radiocarbon

series: MB016_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
-992.901	89.284	GX-32534	GX-32534		2860	60				AMS	LSA		J17 Layer 2
-1346.03	77.5559	GX-32535	GX-32535		3140	60				AMS	LSA		J18 Layer 12

data_url: https://intchron.org/public.php?record=sadb/MB016

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Orton, and Jayson (2013) Late Holocene archaeology in Namaqualand, South Africa: hunter-gatherers and herders in a semi-arid environment. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 48(1), pp.149-150. doi:10.1080/0067270x.2012.756753 data publication

Orton, J. (2007) Mitigation of archaeological sites within the Buffels Marine, Buffels Inland and Koingnaas Complexes, Namaqualand, August to September 2007. Unpublished report prepared for De Beers Consolidated Mines NM.. data

Orton, J. (2012) Tortoise burials in Namaqualand: uncovering ritual behaviour on South Africa's west coast. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 47(1), pp.99-114. doi:10.1080/0067270x.2011.647950 data publication

Orton, J. (2014) The late pre-colonial site of Komkans 2 (KK002) and an evaluation of the evidence for indigenous copper smelting in Namaqualand, southern Africa. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 49(3), pp.386-410. doi:10.1080/0067270x.2014.925625 data publication

Orton, J. (2016) Late Holocene Artifact Patterns and the Introduction of Herding to Semi-Arid Coastal Namaqualand, South Africa. The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, 12(1), pp.78-94. doi:10.1080/15564894.2016.1228719 data publication

Orton, J., Mitchell, P., Klein, R., Steele, T. and Horsburgh, A.K. (2013) An early date for cattle from Namaqualand, South Africa: implications for the origins of herding in southern Africa. Antiquity, 87(335), pp.108-120. doi:10.1017/s0003598x00048651 data publication

Orton, J.D.J. (2012) Late Holocene archaeology in Namaqualand, South Africa: hunter-gatherers and herders in a semi-arid environment. . Doctoral thesis, University of Oxford.. data

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