Ancient Maize Map

Information

ID: 74
Other ID: AA-88403
Type: MacroSample
Subtype: cob
Site: Ancón (PV45-2)
Depositional context: midden
Condition: uncharred
Pottery type: not applicable
Vessel form: not applicable

Maize cob recovered from excavation Pit 51-72, layer L (Ash A). This sample was associated with late Initial Period ceramics (Patterson and Moseley 1968).

Radiocarbon Date

Lab number: AA-88403
Dating method: AMS
Directly dated: Yes
Dated material: uncharred maize
Contaminated?: No
Lower cal BP (years): 2703
Median cal BP (years): 2491
Upper cal BP (years): 2354
Uncal BP (years): 2494
± 1 σ (years): 37
δ13C: -9.7

Attached Files

References Cited

Patterson, Thomas C. and Michael E. Moseley
1968 Late Preceramic and Early Ceramic Cultures of the Central Coast of Peru. Ñawpa Pacha: Journal of Andean Archaeology (6):115-133.

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