This is one of the earliest Valdivia culture sites and is located in the Valdivia River Valley, approximately 9 km inland from the Pacific coast. The remains of house floors, pits, middens, and burials occur in deposits up to 1.5 m deep (Damp 1984a). Few maize macroremains have been recovered from this site, but microremains (phytoliths and starch grains) are abundant (Zarrillo et al. 2008; Damp 1984b).
ID | Other ID | Type | Subtype | Uncal BP (years) | ± 1 σ (years) | Median cal BP (years) | Lower cal BP (years) | Upper cal BP (years) | δ13C | Contaminated? |
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419 | Beta-198622 | MicroSample | starch grain | 4460 | 40 | 4982 | 5276 | 4857 | No | |
417 | Beta-198623 | MicroSample | starch grain | 4470 | 40 | 5001 | 5279 | 4861 | No | |
418 | Beta-198621 | MicroSample | starch grain | 4470 | 40 | 5001 | 5279 | 4861 | No | |
494 | GX-9460 | MicroSample | starch grain | 4700 | 270 | 5317 | 5982 | 4584 | No | |
491 | SFU-123 | MicroSample | starch grain | 4920 | 200 | 5598 | 6174 | 5042 | No | |
496 | GX-9458 | MicroSample | starch grain | 4960 | 210 | 5647 | 6182 | 5055 | No | |
495 | Beta-9561 | MicroSample | starch grain | 3820 | 40 | 4129 | 4288 | 3980 | No | |
492 | SFU-110 | MicroSample | starch grain | 4790 | 160 | 5443 | 5887 | 4975 | No | |
493 | GX-7699 | MicroSample | starch grain | 4630 | 160 | 5233 | 5596 | 4852 | No | |
497 | Beta-9564 | MicroSample | starch grain | 4510 | 40 | 5109 | 5290 | 4881 | No | |
498 | Beta-9566 | MicroSample | 4180 | 70 | 4656 | 4838 | 4441 | No | ||
60 | Beta-103315 | MacroSample | kernel | 2450 | 70 | 2466 | 2719 | 2317 | -9.2 | No |