Ancient Maize Map

Information

ID: 40
Other ID: UGa-4179
Type: MacroSample
Subtype: unknown
Site: LA 18091
Depositional context: pit
Condition: charred
Pottery type: not applicable
Vessel form: not applicable

Maize collected from Pit Feature 7. The uncorrected date of 2720 +/- 265 (Simmons 1986:79) has been corrected using Stuiver and Reimer's formula for fractionation correction (http://intcal.qub.ac.uk/calib/fractionation.html) and a maize d13C value of -10.0 +/- 2.

Radiocarbon Date

Lab number: UGa-4179
Dating method: conventional
Directly dated: Yes
Dated material:
Contaminated?: No
Lower cal BP (years): 3830
Median cal BP (years): 3147
Upper cal BP (years): 2487
Uncal BP (years): 2965
± 1 σ (years): 267
δ13C:

Attached Files

References Cited

Simmons, A. H.
1986 New Evidence for the Early Use of Cultigens in the American Southwest. American Antiquity 51(1):73-89.

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