Ancient Maize Map

Information

ID: 473
Other ID: Beta-219108
Type: MicroSample
Subtype:
Site: Drumheller
Depositional context: unknown

A single maize starch grain was recovered from a sample of charred residue from the interior surface of a large fragment of pottery vessel dating to the Old Woman's phase (Ives 2007; pers. comm. to M. Blake, 2010). Zarrillo (2008) identified the maize starch along with abundant pine pollen which was also found in the residue.

Radiocarbon Date

Lab number: Beta-219108
Dating method: AMS
Directly dated: Yes
Dated material: organic residue on pottery
Contaminated?: No
Lower cal BP (years): 899
Median cal BP (years): 740
Upper cal BP (years): 676
Uncal BP (years): 830
± 1 σ (years): 40
δ13C:

Attached Files

References Cited

Ives, J. W.
2007 Insights into the Apachean Transition from the Subarctic Using Ceramic and Food Term Etymologies. Paper presented at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Austin, TX.

Zarrillo, S.
2008 The Amaizing Trace II: More on Precontact Maize in Alberta and the Canadian Plains. Lecture presented at the Archaeological Society of Alberta, Lethbridge, Alberta, February 5.

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