Ancient Maize Map

Information

ID: 495
Other ID: Beta-9561
Type: MicroSample
Subtype: starch grain
Site: Loma Alta
Depositional context: midden

Starch granules (5) were recovered from a ceramic (FS860, Sample 7). The date was taken from associated charcoal (Zarrillo et al. 2008).

Radiocarbon Date

Lab number: Beta-9561
Dating method: AMS
Directly dated: No
Dated material: charcoal
Contaminated?: No
Lower cal BP (years): 4288
Median cal BP (years): 4129
Upper cal BP (years): 3980
Uncal BP (years): 3820
± 1 σ (years): 40
δ13C:

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References Cited

Zarrillo, S., D. M. Pearsall, J. S. Raymond, M. A. Tisdale and D. J. Quon
2008 Directly dated starch residues document early formative maize (Zea mays L.) in tropical Ecuador. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 105(13):5006–5011.

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