Climate, vegetation and fire history during the past 18,000 years, recorded in high altitude lacustrine sediments on the Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains (Ethiopia)

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Table 1 Radiocarbon ages using Accelerated Mass Spectrometry of alkali soluble organic matter; calibrated according to Blaauw and Christen (2011)

Lab number	Sample depth (cm)	Dated material	¹⁴C age (uncalibrated a BP)	Cal. (INTCAL13, 2 Sigma ranges)	¹⁴C age (calibrated, median cal year BP)
Erl-5563	27	Bulk sediment	4650 ± 55	5078–5532	5396
Erl-5564	40	Bulk sediment	7718 ± 72	8225–8678	8481
Erl-5173	63	Bulk sediment	9047 ± 108	9603–10,472	10,052
Erl-5092	72	Bulk sediment	11,856 ± 86	13,436–13,969	13,667
Erl-5175	101	Bulk sediment	12,696 ± 96	14,372–15,241	14,876
Erl-5173	123	Bulk sediment	13,214 ± 95	15,155–15,867	15,518
Erl-5093	160	Bulk sediment	13,525 ± 106	15,979–16,568	16,276
Erl-5172	207	Bulk sediment	14,094 ± 119	16,916–17,458	17,193
Erl-5565	233	Bulk sediment	14,485 ± 81	17,472–17,958	17,701
Erl-5568	255	Bulk sediment	14,681 ± 92	17,879–18,653	18,173