Table 3 Country and regional summaries of dating methods and quality control (chronometric hygiene based on stratigraphic integrity and reliability of the dates), highlighting the scarcity of Class A dates in the Wanyika database.
Total Number of dates | Dating Method | Quality Control (Chronometric Hygiene) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of dates | Class A-D | |||||||||
Radiocarbon | OSL | OH | TL | IRSL | A | B | C | D | ||
COUNTRY TOTALS | ||||||||||
Rwanda | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
Comoros | 26 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 |
Kenya | 668 | 556 | 8 | 84 | 0 | 20 | 99 | 161 | 279 | 129 |
Tanzania | 401 | 397 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 224 | 94 | 22 |
Madagascar | 677 | 643 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 74 | 190 | 387 | 26 |
GRAND TOTAL | 1792 | 1641 | 31 | 84 | 16 | 20 | 244 | 599 | 770 | 179 |
REGIONAL TOTALS | ||||||||||
Northeastern Kenya | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Northwestern Kenya | 135 | 127 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 29 | 44 | 7 |
Southeastern Kenya | 59 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 35 |
Southwestern Kenya | 394 | 310 | 0 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 89 | 211 | 55 |
Hinterland, Coastal and Island Kenya | 75 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 7 | 32 |
Northeastern Tanzania | 140 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 82 | 39 | 7 |
Northwestern Tanzania | 51 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 24 | 11 |
Southeastern Tanzania | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Southwestern Tanzania | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
Hinterland, Coastal and Island Tanzania | 195 | 191 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 116 | 26 | 4 |
Comoros | 26 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 |
Northeastern Madagascar | 142 | 127 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 46 | 46 | 45 | 5 |
Northwestern Madagascar | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 3 |
Southeastern Madagascar | 26 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 2 |
Southwestern Madagascar | 481 | 464 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 113 | 324 | 16 |
GRAND TOTAL | 1772 | 1621 | 31 | 84 | 16 | 20 | 241 | 585 | 768 | 178 |
