Radiocarbon (C14) measurements of sediments from the reef island Barrang Lompo, Spermonde Archipelago, Indonesia

The dataset is based on 50 soft carbonate sediment samples from the reef island Barrang Lompo in the Spermonde Archipelago, Sulawesi, SE Asia. The subsurface samples were obtained by percussion drilling at 5 coring locations on the island. From each coring location, 10 samples were retrieved in 1 m intervals, thus providing samples from a maximum depth of 10 m below surface at each site (1 m, 2 m, ..., 10 m). Laboratory data was collected between 2019 and 2021. The provided dataset contains raw and calibrated radiocarbon ages from 20 selected samples (Marine20 calibration curve by Heaton et al. 2020; marine reservoir correction by Southon et al. 2002; calibration tool OxCal v4.4 by Bronk Ramsey, 2009; delta R = 0). For the radiocarbon analyses, picked and pooled Foraminifera of the genus Calcarina were dated in Poznan Radiocarbon Laboratory. The calibrated ages cover the earlier to late Holocene (~7,000 to 2,000 years BP). The collected data provides information of reef-derived sedimentation in the Holocene in the Spermonde Archipelago. It provides insight into the ecological background and the origin of the skeletal sediments.