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Radiocarbon Sample Information
Gd-5648 Kadero 1987/5 Age: 5720 ± 50 BP δ 13C: -4.70‰ (PBD) |
Sample name: | Kadero 1987/5 |
Submitter: | Krzyżaniak Lech |
Institution: |
Muzeum Archeologiczne Pałac Gorkow ul. Wodna 27 61-781 Poznań |
Collector: Date of collection: |
Krzyżaniak Lech 1987 |
Additional information: | Unit C-67/68, depth 0-40 cm. |
Material of sample: | fresh-water shell |
Contamination: | |
Type of site: | excavation |
Field of study: | archaeology |
Sample location: | |
Site name: | Kadero |
Latitude: | 15 45 00N |
Longitude: | 32 36 00E |
Detailed description of the sample location: | |
Sudan, Khartoum Province, 18km N of the confluence of the White and Blue Niles, 6.5km E of the channel of the main Nile. | |
Environment description: | |
Low eroded mound of sand which rises ca 1.8m above flat bottom of the main Nile valley floor. The Neolithic site; excavations were started in 1972 and resulted in discovery of two settlements and burial grounds. Samples were coll from the northern settlement and burial ground. |
References to literature: | Radiocarbon Data List XII |
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