Ancient Maize Map

Information

ID: 221
Other ID: AA-84942
Type: MacroSample
Subtype: cob
Site: Pedregal
Depositional context: pit
Condition: uncharred
Pottery type: not applicable
Vessel form: not applicable

Sector A, Area 4, Unit 6, Rasgo H, Level 1. Sample No. 1811. This sample was collected from a pit feature that was densely packed with organic material: "including all parts of the maize plant" and six other species of economically important plants (Cutright 2009: 99).

Radiocarbon Date

Lab number: AA-84942
Dating method: AMS
Directly dated: Yes
Dated material: uncharred maize
Contaminated?: No
Lower cal BP (years): 549
Median cal BP (years): 515
Upper cal BP (years): 489
Uncal BP (years): 514
± 1 σ (years): 35
δ13C: -9.7

Attached Files

Robyn Cutright (2009: Figure 4.16, p. 100). Sector A, Area 4, Unit 6 showing plastered storage pit, and location of Rasgo H where this maize sample was recovered.

References Cited

Cutright, R. E.
2009 Between the Kitchen and the State: Domestic Practice and Chimú Expansion in the Jequetepeque Valley, Peru. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh.

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