Ancient Maize Map

Information

ID: 92
Other ID: Beta-124114
Type: MacroSample
Subtype: kernel
Site: Los Pozos
Depositional context: pit outside of a house
Condition: charred
Pottery type: not applicable
Vessel form: not applicable

This sample comes Feature 1035, a large circular-cylindrical pit at the Sweetwater locus of Los Pozos (Gregory et al. 2007:73, 81; Mabry 2005:115).

Radiocarbon Date

Lab number: Beta-124114
Dating method: AMS
Directly dated: Yes
Dated material: charred maize
Contaminated?: No
Lower cal BP (years): 3716
Median cal BP (years): 3535
Upper cal BP (years): 3365
Uncal BP (years): 3300
± 1 σ (years): 80
δ13C: -10.4

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References Cited

Gregory, D. A., M. N. Stevens, F. L. Nials, M. R.Schurr and M. W.Diehl
2007 Excavations in the Santa Cruz River Floodplain: Further Investigations at Los Pozos. Anthropological Papers. No. 27. Center for Desert Archaeology, Tucson.

Mabry, J. B.
2005 Diversity in early Southwestern farming and optimization models of transitions to agriculture. In Subsistence and Resource Use Strategies of Early Agricultural Communities in Southern Arizona, edited by M. W. Diehl, pp. 115-152. Anthropological Papers, No. 34. Center for Desert Archaeology, Tucson.

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