14C

Karain Magarasi
Type:
Cave
Region:
Mediterranean
Province:
Antalya
District:
Merkez
Village:
Yagca
Chronological Tables    
Explanation: Excavations at the B portion of Karain Cave have identified 32 archaeological levels that change every 10 centimeters even though there are only 12 geological layers. Layers 1-7 are mixed, layers 8-12 are EBA, Chalcolithic, and Neolithic, layers 15-17 are Late Upper Palaeolithic, and layers 18-32 are Middle Palaeolithic. The Pleistocene starts at the thirteenth level. All Oxford samples and sample number ETH-8036 are AMS dates. One AMS date (ETH-8034: 5900±60), is not included in the table because it is too recent. Two stalagmites without lab numbers (24887±510 / AH6 and 34024±1383 / AH16) are also not included.
Lab No BP Material Layer BC1 SDa BC1 SDb BC2 SDa BC2 SDb Explanation
OxA -8362 27980 +/- 240 Charcoal ? 26280 25790 26550 25550
OxA -8446 18960 +/- 180 Bone ? 21000 20100 21400 19700
OxA -8407 15860 +/- 100 Charcoal ? 17300 16650 17700 16300
OxA-8406 14600 +/- 100 Charcoal ? 15850 15250 16200 14900
Hv-14384 14690 +/- 450 Charcoal AH 30 16300 15000 16900 14400
ETH-8036 17630 +/- 140 Charcoal AH 29 19400 18650 19800 18300
HD-10036-10119 14200 +/- 500 Bone AH 29 15800 14400 16500 13700
Hv-14376 14000 +/- 615 Charcoal AH 28 15700 14000 16500 13000
OxA-9268 18360 +/- 90 Charcoal AH 22 20250 19500 20600 19100
OxA-9267 17025 +/- 80 Charcoal AH 21 18650 17950 19000 17600
HD-9814-9698 16250 +/- 790 Charcoal AH 21-23 18400 16400 19400 15500
HD-10030-10229 12280 +/- 275 Bone AH 20 13300 11900 13700 11600
Hv-14375 12350 +/- 600 Charcoal AH 20 13600 11800 14300 11200
OxA-9264 15920 +/- 100 Charcoal AH 19 17400 16750 17800 16400
OxA-9266 16750 +/- 90 Charcoal AH 19 18350 17650 18700 17300
HD-10556-10424 14160 +/- 210 Charcoal AH 19 15400 14650 15800 14300
HD-10029-10228 11570 +/- 400 Bone AH 19 12150 11150 13400 10700
OxA-9265 16740 +/- 100 Charcoal AH 18 18350 17650 18700 17300
HD-10028-10227 11250 +/- 200 Bone AH 18 11490 11070 11900 10900
Hv-14374 12550 +/- 400 Charcoal AH 18s 13600 12100 14200 11700
Hv-14373 10365 +/- 515 Charcoal AH 17 10900 9300 11500 8600
HD-10027-10226 11800 +/- 330 Bone AH 17 12400 11200 13400 11000
HD-10819-10748 7710 +/- 115 Charcoal AH 13 6660 6430 7050 6250
HD-10818-10747 7420 +/- 70 Charcoal AH 12 6390 6220 6430 6090
HD-10817-10746 7100 +/- 70 Charcoal AH 11 6030 5840 6160 5800
HD-10557-10426 6380 +/- 85 Charcoal AH 10 5480 5290 5490 5070
HD-10816-10738 6250 +/- 85 Charcoal AH 9 5310 5070 5370 4990
? 15920 +/- 70 ? AH 17 17230 17040 17360 16990
? 16340 +/- 70 ? AH 18 17610 17470 17850 17350
? 16430 +/- 80 ? AH 18 17830 17520 17870 17500
? 12850 +/- 60 ? AH 18 13340 13080 13550 12950
? 16210 +/- 80 ? AH 19 17530 17350 17560 17200
? 22150 +/- 130 ? AH 21 20330 20060 20500 19900
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