Ancient Maize Map

Information

ID: 635
Other ID: ISGS-1547
Type: MacroSample
Subtype: kernel
Site: Pere Marquette Lodge (11JY72)
Depositional context: midden
Condition: charred
Pottery type: not applicable
Vessel form: not applicable

Charred maize kernel and cob fragments (14.17 g) were recovered from Feature 66 (Studenmund 2000). This sample is associated with the Jersey Bluff phase.

This date has been reported in the Canadian Archaeological Radiocarbon Database (CARD) (Morlan and Betts 1999).

Radiocarbon Date

Lab number: ISGS-1547
Dating method: conventional
Directly dated: Yes
Dated material: charred maize
Contaminated?: No
Lower cal BP (years): 915
Median cal BP (years): 776
Upper cal BP (years): 677
Uncal BP (years): 850
± 1 σ (years): 70
δ13C: -10.0

Attached Files

References Cited

Morlan, R. E. and M. Betts
1999-2005 Canadian Archaeological Radiocarbon Database. http://www.canadianarchaeology.ca/. Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau, Quebec.

Studenmund, S.
2000 Late Woodland Occupations in the Lower Illinois Valley: Research Questions and Data Sets. In Late Woodland Societies: Tradition and Transformation across the Midcontinent, edited by T. E. Emerson, D. L. McElrath and A. C. Fortier, pp. 301-343. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln.

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