Ancient Maize Map

Information

ID: 371
Other ID: Beta-158278
Type: MicroSample
Subtype: phytolith
Site: Los Ajos
Depositional context: midden

Phytoliths from maize cobs associated with charcoal sample between 160 and 165cm deep from TBN Trench Sector 7 (Iriarte et al. 2004:616).

Radiocarbon Date

Lab number: Beta-158278
Dating method: AMS
Directly dated: No
Dated material: charcoal
Contaminated?: No
Lower cal BP (years): 969
Median cal BP (years): 912
Upper cal BP (years): 799
Uncal BP (years): 1050
± 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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