Ancient Maize Map

Information

ID: 28
Other ID: Beta-27676
Type: MacroSample
Subtype: unknown
Site: Burnham-Shepard
Depositional context: midden
Condition: charred
Pottery type: not applicable
Vessel form: not applicable

Radiocarbon Date

Lab number: Beta-27676
Dating method: AMS
Directly dated: Yes
Dated material: charred maize
Contaminated?: No
Lower cal BP (years): 679
Median cal BP (years): 602
Upper cal BP (years): 521
Uncal BP (years): 620
± 1 σ (years): 70
δ13C:

Attached Files

References Cited

Bendremer, J. C. M. and R. E. Dewar
1994 The Advent of Prehistoric Maize in New England. In Corn and Culture in the Prehistoric New World, edited by S. Johannessen and C. A. Hastorf, pp. 369-393. Westview Press, Boulder.

Chilton, E. S.
2006 The Origin and Spread of Maize (Zea Mays) in New England. In Histories of Maize: Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Prehistory, Biogeography, Domestication, and Evolution of Maize, edited by J. E. Staller, R. H. Tykot and B. F. Benz, pp. 539-547. Academic Press, Amsterdam.

Little, E. A.
2002 Kautantouwit's Legacy: Calibrated Dates on Prehistoric Maize in New England. American Antiquity 67(1):109-118.

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