/* DATA DESCRIPTION: Citation: Fletcher, Michael-Shawn; Romano, Anthony (2026): Archaeological radiocarbon ages from the Gippsland region, southeastern Australia, compiled to model relative human activity by summed probability distribution [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.995739, In: Fletcher, M-S; Romano, A (2026): Multiproxy palaeoecological record from Purghagoolah (Lake Elusive), Gippsland, southeastern Australia: pollen, macroscopic charcoal, FTIR charcoal temperature, magnetic susceptibility and radiocarbon [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.995756 Abstract: This table compiles 216 archaeological radiocarbon ages from 30 sites across the Gippsland region of southeastern Australia (Gunaikurnai Country), assembled to model relative changes in past human activity through a summed probability distribution (SPD). Ages were extracted from the SahulArch radiocarbon collection in the OCTOPUS database v.2.3 (Saktura et al. 2021) and screened by geographic region, age range, reported error, and association with archaeological deposits (contexts reported as sterile or non-occupation were excluded). The retained ages were calibrated with SHCal20 and used to compute an SPD with the rcarbon package, and Bayesian population-growth models were fitted and compared with the nimbleCarbon package in R. Each record gives a coded site identifier, laboratory code, conventional radiocarbon age (a BP) and its standard error. Archaeological site locations are deliberately withheld and provided only as obfuscated identifiers, in accordance with Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) principles and Indigenous Data Sovereignty; this restriction must be maintained. Keyword(s): archaeology; gippsland; Gunaikurnai Country; human activity; Indigenous Data Sovereignty; OCTOPUS; palaeodemography; Radiocarbon dating; SahulArch; southeastern Australia; summed probability distribution Related to: Fletcher, Michael-Shawn; et al. (submitted): Australia's current wildfire crisis linked to colonial land-use change. Nature References: Saktura, Wanchese M; Munack, Henry; Codilean, Alexandru; Wood, Rachel A; Petchey, Fiona; Jacobs, Zenobia; Williams, Alan; Ulm, Sean (2021): OCTOPUS Database v.2: The SahulArch Radiocarbon collection [dataset]. ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH); University of Wollongong, https://doi.org/10.25900/2MB4-RR36 Coverage: MEDIAN LATITUDE: -37.950000 * MEDIAN LONGITUDE: 147.250000 * SOUTH-BOUND LATITUDE: -38.900000 * WEST-BOUND LONGITUDE: 145.500000 * NORTH-BOUND LATITUDE: -37.000000 * EAST-BOUND LONGITUDE: 149.000000 Event(s): SE_Australia * LATITUDE START: -37.000000 * LONGITUDE START: 145.500000 * LATITUDE END: -38.900000 * LONGITUDE END: 149.000000 * LOCATION: Southeastern Australia * LOCATION: Southeastern Australia * METHOD/DEVICE: Model (Model) Parameter(s): Site (Site) * PI: Fletcher, Michael-Shawn (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1854-5629) * COMMENT: Site ID (obfuscated), Location withheld for ICIP / Indigenous Data Sovereignty Laboratory code/label (Lab label) * PI: Fletcher, Michael-Shawn (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1854-5629) Age, dated [ka BP] (Age dated) * PI: Fletcher, Michael-Shawn (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1854-5629) * METHOD/DEVICE: Age, 14C AMS (URI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ns.30.120180.002253) * COMMENT: 14C age (CRA) Age, dated, error [±] (Age dated e) * PI: Fletcher, Michael-Shawn (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1854-5629) * COMMENT: 1-sigma error on CRA License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (URI: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Status: Curation Level: Enhanced curation (URI: https://wiki.pangaea.de/wiki/Curation_levels) Size: 864 data points */ Site Lab label Age dated [ka BP] Age dated e [±] ARCH1177a Beta-16548 130 70.00000 ARCH0017b Wk-49638 142 25.00000 ARCH1138a Beta-32208 180 70.00000 ARCH1136a SUA-1919 200 60.00000 ARCH0062a SUA-378C 220 85.00000 ARCH1177a Beta-16549 230 60.00000 ARCH1195a Beta-7061 250 50.00000 ARCH1138a Beta-32207 260 70.00000 ARCH1423a Beta-22318 270 60.00000 ARCH1195a Beta-7062 280 55.00000 ARCH1096a Beta-16546 320 50.00000 ARCH0827a Beta-16543 330 80.00000 ARCH1196a SUA-2036 340 70.00000 ARCH1196a Beta-5817 360 40.00000 ARCH0062a SUA-377C 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