Levantine Epipalaeolithic 14C Calibration Analysis

Data from Stutz, Aaron Jonas (in press) Hidden Hazards and the Long-term Robusticity of Foraging Societies in the Levantine Epipalaeolithic (25-12 ka). In (Marcel Bradtmöller, Astrid J. Nyland, Noa Lavi and Sonja Grimm, Eds.) Living Well with Climate Hazards. Human Environment Interaction Series. Springer Nature, Cham.

This dataset consists of three Excel files with Excel VBA macros, including a custom cubic spline function written by Gary Jenkins, along with a series of macro routines written by the author Aaron Jonas Stutz. The data files include an annually cubic-spline interpolated version of the INTCAL 2020 atmospheric 14C calibration curve (0-55,000 BP), a list of published radiocarbon dates from Epipalaeolithic archaeological contexts in the Levant, results of calibrating individual dates, results of summed and standardized probability density distributions for site components, Epipalaeolithic periods, and for the Epipalaeolithic timeframe (ca. 25,000-12,000 BP) as a whole. The files also include statistical analyses of trends and variations in the available published radiocarbon dataset. The aim of the analyses for which this dataset has been compiled and studied is to address whether general trends as well as significant fluctuations in the radiocarbon-based footprint of human population presence in the Epipalaeolithic timeframe may be identified. The theory, methods, results and discussion are presented in Stutz (in press). (See above.)