Radiocarbon Dates for Sub-Saharan Africa (from c . 1000 b.c.)—III
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20110255 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brian M Fagan (0000-0002-1102-4580, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1965 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 107-116 |
| Publication date | 1965-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of African History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8537 • E-ISSN: 1469-5138 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021853700005363 |
| OpenAlex | W4254241927 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 13 |
The third list of radiocarbon dates for Sub-Saharan Africa later than 1000 b.c. is considerably longer than its predecessors. As new laboratories commence operations, so more and more dates become available. During the last eighteen months, many more dates from Rhodesian Iron Age sites have been processed, where the earliest Iron Age peoples are now dated to the fourth century a.d. if not earlier. The Kalomo culture in Zambia is now securely dated. Iron smelting furnaces were being operated on the Witwatersrand in South Africa by a.d. 1000, and it is now known that Iron Age peoples were living by the Kuene river in Angola by the eighth century. Recent dates from Katanga have shown that there was a flourishing copper trade there by the same period. An important series of dates have been processed from Saharan Neolithic sites, indicating that the Sahara was suitable for pastoral peoples in the fourth century b.c. Another date for the Nok culture in Nigeria places the later stages of the culture in the third century a.d. By a resolution of the Cambridge Radiocarbon Conference, all dates are now calculated relative to a.d. 1950
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Flourishing · Geography · Period (music) · Radiocarbon dating · African history and culture analysis · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · History
Garamantian Oasis Settlements in Fazzan
Early Metal Working in Sub-Saharan Africa
Using the radiocarbon dates of Central Africa for studying long-term demographic trends of the last 50,000 years
Trade Wind Beads
Essai de délimitation chronologique de l'Age du Fer Ancien au Burundi, au Rwanda et dans la région des Grands Lacs
Early Iron Age Pottery in Eastern and Southern Africa
On a new radiocarbon chronology for Africa south of the Equator
Chemical resemblance of garden roller and M1glass beads
Further Excavations in the Iron Age Deposits at the Tunnel Site, Gokomere Hill, Southern Rhodesia
Shaheinab
Lamont Natural Radiocarbon Measurements V
Yale Natural Radiocarbon Measurements VIII
Gakushuin Natural Radiocarbon Measurements III
Saclay Natural Radiocarbon Measurements I
Cambridge University Natural Radiocarbon Measurements VI
Ucla Radiocarbon Dates II
Southern Rhodesian Radiocarbon Measurements I
The Southern Rhodesian Iron Age
The Greefswald Sequence
The Iron Age Sequence in the Southern Province of Northern Rhodesia
Groningen Radiocarbon Dates V
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 1966 - 2023 (58) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |