Ancient Maize Map

Information

ID: 372
Other ID: URU-013
Type: MicroSample
Subtype:
Site: Isla Larga
Depositional context: unknown

Starch grains from maize kernels associated with charcoal sample at a depth between 260 and 270cm from Mound I (Iriarte et al. 2004:616).

Radiocarbon Date

Lab number: URU-013
Dating method: AMS
Directly dated: Yes
Dated material: unknown
Contaminated?: No
Lower cal BP (years): 4284
Median cal BP (years): 3921
Upper cal BP (years): 3583
Uncal BP (years): 3660
± 1 σ (years): 120
δ13C:

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References Cited

Iriarte, J., I. Holst, O. Marozzi, C. Listopad, E. Alonso, A. Rinderknecht and J. Montaña
2004 Evidence for Cultivar Adoption and Emerging Complexity During the Mid-Holocene in the La Plata Basin. Nature 432:614-617.

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