Ancient Maize Map

Information

ID: 514
Other ID: Beta-162147
Type: MicroSample
Subtype: phytolith
Site: Kusijata
Depositional context: artifact

Maize phytoliths identified as coming from cobs were extracted from residues scraped from a ceramic vessel sherd from context KJ 1, 24-1 (Chavéz and Thompson 2006:419, 425).

Radiocarbon Date

Lab number: Beta-162147
Dating method: AMS
Directly dated: Yes
Dated material: organic residue on pottery
Contaminated?: No
Lower cal BP (years): 2877
Median cal BP (years): 2802
Upper cal BP (years): 2744
Uncal BP (years): 2750
± 1 σ (years): 40
δ13C: -23.6

Attached Files

References Cited

Chavéz, Sergio J. and Robert G. Thompson
2006 Early Maize on the Copacaban Peninsula: Implications for the Archaeology of the Lake Titicaca Basin. In Histories of Maize: Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Prehistory, Biogeography, Domestication, and Evolution of Maize, edited by J.E. Staller, R.H. Tykot and B.F. Benz, pp. 415-428. Academic Press, Amsterdam.

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