Micro sample 459

Information

Nine maize starch grains were identified from a flaked stone wedge or chopper found in Unit C at this site and six starch grains were associated with another stone wedge in Unit A. I-2019 is the youngest of three radiocarbon dates associated with this site (the other two are I-2017 and I-2018) and the thinness of this open air deposit (10-25 cm below surface) suggests that any of these dates could be associated with these tools. See sample I-2018 for the oldest of the three dates that bracket the occupation.

Radiocarbon Date

Attached Files

Hornito%20(i-2019)

References Cited

Dickau, R., A. J. Ranere and R. G. Cooke
    2007    From the Cover: Starch Grain Evidence for the Preceramic Dispersals of Maize and Root Crops into Tropical Dry and Humid Forests of Panama. Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences USA 104(9):3651-3656.

Ranere, A. J. and R. G. Cooke
    1996    Stone Tools and Cultural Boundaries in Prehistoric Panama: An Initial Assessment. In Paths to Central American Prehistory, edited by F. W. Lange, pp. 49–77. University Press of Colorado, Niwot.

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