Ancient Maize Map

Information

ID: 366
Other ID: Beta-158280
Type: MicroSample
Subtype: phytolith
Site: Los Ajos
Depositional context: midden

Phytoliths from maize cobs associated with charcoal sample between 270 and 275cm deep from Mound Gamma Sector 6/C (Iriarte et al. 2004:616).

Radiocarbon Date

Lab number: Beta-158280
Dating method: AMS
Directly dated: No
Dated material: charcoal
Contaminated?: No
Lower cal BP (years): 4824
Median cal BP (years): 4675
Upper cal BP (years): 4529
Uncal BP (years): 4190
± 1 σ (years): 40
δ13C:

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References Cited

Iriarte, J., I. Holst, O. Marozzi, C. Listopad, E. Alonso, A. Rinderknecht and J. Montaña
2004 Evidence for Cultivar Adoption and Emerging Complexity During the Mid-Holocene in the La Plata Basin. Nature 432:614-617.

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