Ancient Maize Map

Information

ID: 658
Other ID: A-6064
Type: MacroSample
Subtype: kernel
Site: Caughnawaga (NYSM-1116)
Depositional context: house
Condition: charred
Pottery type: not applicable
Vessel form: not applicable

Snow (1995:443) says of this sample: "A single standard radiocarbon date was obtained on maize kernels from the Caughnawaga site. The results were not entirely conclusive, mainly because the radiocarbon technique is not reliable for samples postdating 1650." However, the date falls within the known historic age of the site.

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

Radiocarbon Date

Lab number: A-6064
Dating method: conventional
Directly dated: Yes
Dated material: charred maize
Contaminated?: No
Lower cal BP (years): 310
Median cal BP (years): 181
Upper cal BP (years): 0
Uncal BP (years): 210
± 1 σ (years): 35
δ13C:

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.

Snow, D. R.
1995 Mohawk Valley Archaeology: The Sites, Occasional Papers in Anthropology Vol. 23. The Pennsylvania State University, Matson Museum of Anthropology, University Park, Pennsylvania.

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