Ancient Maize Map

Information

ID: 457
Other ID: N/A
Type: MicroSample
Subtype:
Site: Itacoara
Depositional context: midden

Starch grain recovered from dental calculus. The date associated with this sample is from human bone collagen from burial 2 at the site, but not from the same individual that yielded the maize starch (Wesolowski et al. 2010:1327).

Radiocarbon Date

Lab number: N/A
Dating method: AMS
Directly dated: No
Dated material:
Contaminated?: No
Lower cal BP (years): 1238
Median cal BP (years): 1118
Upper cal BP (years): 1006
Uncal BP (years): 1250
± 1 σ (years): 30
δ13C:

Attached Files

Starch grain consistent with Zea mays (Wesolowski 2010:1334, Fig 8 g).

References Cited

Wesolowski, V., S. M. Ferraz MendonÁa de Souza, K. J. Reinhard and G. Ceccantini
2010 Evaluating Microfossil Content of Dental Calculus from Brazilian Sambaquis. Journal of Archaeological Science 37(6):1326-1338.

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