TABLE 1. — Direct 14C dating of brown bear remains from several stratigraphic levels in Hattab II and of surface remains in Keft el-Hammar,and their 2σ calibration (95.4%) using software OxCal 4.4 (Bronk Ramsey 2009) and the IntCal20 calibration curve from Reimer et al. (2020).
| Cave |
Level |
Bone code |
Bone type |
Dating lab code |
AMS 14 C y BP |
Cal y BP from |
Cal y BP to |
| Keft el-Hammar |
surface |
HST-1 |
humerus |
Beta-614566 |
9080 ± 30 |
10281 |
10189 |
| Hattab II |
Level 3 |
HAT-212 |
radius |
Beta-614563 |
9400 ± 30 |
10716 |
10512 |
| Hattab II |
Level 8 |
HAT2-674 |
3rd phalanx |
Beta-614564 |
9480 ± 30 |
11065 |
10584 |
| Hattab II |
Level 9 |
HAT2-1213 |
radius |
Beta-614565 |
8850 ± 30 |
10155 |
9763 |