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Data set on the joint use of shells and red ochre by humans
By
C.M. Duarte
Profesor de Investigacion CSIC / Research Professor Spanish Research Council
Department of Global Change Research. IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB) Instituto
Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados, Miquel Marqués 21, 07190 Esporles, Spain
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Reports of joint use of red ochre and shells by humans from 250 (1 ka = 1000
years BP) to date. nr = not reported. This data set represents an overview
aimed at demonstrating the global spread of the use of these two elements
and, thus, reports on the earliest reported use of these elements for different
regions, but does not include an exhaustive list of references for individual
regions.
Location
References
Ceuta (Spain)*
Morrocco
S. Africa
Algeria
Egypt
Earliest
report (ka)
250
82
164
135
5
Israel
Jordan
Irak
India
Malaysia
Thailand
China
92
9
4.5
35
nr
5
10
Mayer et al. (2009)
Rollefson (1984)
Moorey and Stuart (1999).
Clarkson et al. (2009)
McCarthy et al. (1939)
Higham and Thosarat (2006)
Higham (2006)
The Netherlands*
Spain*
Portugal
Italy
200-250
50
24.5
23
Roebroeks et al. (2012)
Zilho et al. (2010)
Duarte et al. (1999)
Pettitt et al. (2003)
Maritimes
(Canada)
Mississippi (USA)
California (USA)
New
Mexico
(USA)
Mexico
Belize
Brazil
Chile
nr
Turnbull (1976)
nr
12
nr
Thorne (1935)
Erlandson et al. (2011)
McNeill (1972)
0.5
1.8
3
12
Haemig (1978)
Bozarth and Guderjan (2004)
Edwards et al. (2001)
Salazar et al. (2011)
Australia
40
McCarthy et al. (1939), Clark et al. (1985),
O’Connell and Allen (2007)
McCarthy et al. (1939)
Papua
Guinea
New nd
Ramos et al. (2011)
Bouzouggar et al. (2007)
Marean et al. (2007)
Vanhaeren et al. (2006)
Bard (1988)
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