Ancient Maize Map

Information

ID: 223
Other ID: AA-88401
Type: MacroSample
Subtype: cob
Site: Pedregal
Depositional context: construction fill
Condition: uncharred
Pottery type: not applicable
Vessel form: not applicable

Number 919, Sector B, Area 3, Unit PP14, level 10. Area 3 is a platform mound that has alternating layers of earth fill and maize stalks used for construction fill (Cutright 2009:113).
This sample was dated as part of the Blake and Benz's (2010) Maize Dating and aDNA project.

Radiocarbon Date

Lab number: AA-88401
Dating method: AMS
Directly dated: Yes
Dated material: uncharred maize
Contaminated?: No
Lower cal BP (years): 725
Median cal BP (years): 668
Upper cal BP (years): 569
Uncal BP (years): 766
± 1 σ (years): 34
δ13C: -10.0

Attached Files

Robyn Cutright (2009: Figure 4.28, p. 113). This profile shows the layers of maize stalks used as part of the construction fill in the platform mound, Area 3.

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 Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh.

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