Ancient Maize Map

Information

ID: 299
Other ID: AA-26195
Type: MacroSample
Subtype: kernel
Site: Zanjón de los Buitres
Depositional context: midden
Condition: uncharred
Pottery type: not applicable
Vessel form: not applicable

This date was carried out on a sample of leather from a leather bag that contained maize. The maize was thought to be contaminated so the leather was dated instead. This is considered to be the equivalent of a direct date on maize, since the maize was contained within the bag. The bag could be several years older than the maize contained therein (Gil 2002, 2003:297).

Radiocarbon Date

Lab number: AA-26195
Dating method: AMS
Directly dated: Yes
Dated material: other
Contaminated?: No
Lower cal BP (years): 642
Median cal BP (years): 559
Upper cal BP (years): 512
Uncal BP (years): 605
± 1 σ (years): 40
δ13C:

Attached Files

References Cited

Gil, A. F.
2002 El Registro Arqueológico y La Ocupación Humana en La Payunia. In Entre Montañas y Desiertos: Arqueología del Sur de Mendoza, edited by A. F. Gil and G. Neme, pp. 103-118. Sociedad Argentina de Antropología, Buenos Aires.

Gil, A. F.
2003 Zea mays on the South American Periphery: Chronology and dietary Importance. Current Anthropology 44(2):295-300.

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