Ancient Maize Map

Information

ID: 284
Other ID: AA-59753
Type: MacroSample
Subtype: cob
Site: Chechem Ha
Depositional context: offering
Condition: uncharred
Pottery type: not applicable
Vessel form: not applicable

Moyes (2006:678) describes this sample as a "well-preserved corn cob collected from a Late Classic vessel" recovered from an elevated passage (passage 3) within the cave.

Radiocarbon Date

Lab number: AA-59753
Dating method: AMS
Directly dated: Yes
Dated material:
Contaminated?: No
Lower cal BP (years): 1267
Median cal BP (years): 1179
Upper cal BP (years): 1071
Uncal BP (years): 1239
± 1 σ (years): 36
δ13C:

Attached Files

References Cited

Moyes, H.
2006 The Sacred Landscape as a Political Resource: A Case Study of Ancient Maya Cave Use at Chechem Ha Cave, Belize, Central America. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Anthropology, State University of New York, Buffalo.

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