Ancient Maize Map

Information

ID: 444
Other ID: A-0406
Type: MicroSample
Subtype: phytolith
Site: Fortin 2
Depositional context: unknown

Maize rondel phytoliths were recovered from residues on a potsherd (catalog number 46238-16) (Thompson et al. 2004:32).

Radiocarbon Date

Lab number: A-0406
Dating method: AMS
Directly dated: Yes
Dated material: organic residue on pottery
Contaminated?: No
Lower cal BP (years): 1519
Median cal BP (years): 1409
Upper cal BP (years): 1344
Uncal BP (years): 1525
± 1 σ (years): 35
δ13C:

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References Cited

Thompson, R. G., J. P. Hart, H. J. Brumbach and R. Lusteck
2004 Phytolith Evidence for Twentieth-Century B.P. Maize in Northern Iroquoia. Northeast Anthropology 68:25-40.

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