El Castillo is one of several "Gallinazo de Santa" sites located along the Santa River in north coastal Peru. Chapdelaine et al. (2009) define this as a mixture, or cohabitation of local Gallinazo culture peoples with non-local Moche culture intruders. Contemporaneous Gallinazo de Santa and Moche culture buildings at El Castillo both yielded evidence of maize and the excavators were able to AMS date 12 maize cob samples associated with both cultural traditions. The Central Plaza and Eastern Terrace structures which yielded maize are primarily Gallinazo de Santa occupation, while maize recovered from the Northern Terrace structures are primarily Moche in association (Chapdelaine et al. 2009:194, 198). Almost all of the maize cobs from these deposits are contemporary, ranging from ca. 1400 to 1700 uncal BP. Two however, are much earlier, predating the main Gallinazo de Santa-Moche occupations by 1000 to 1500 years (see samples TO-9740 and TO-10586).
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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484 | TO-10590 | MacroSample | cob | 1580 | 50 | 1477 | 1608 | 1368 | No | |
480 | TO-10586 | MacroSample | cob | 3000 | 80 | 3110 | 3340 | 2881 | Yes | |
477 | TO-9739 | MacroSample | cob | 1540 | 50 | 1374 | 1517 | 1297 | No | |
481 | TO-10587 | MacroSample | cob | 1560 | 50 | 1393 | 1518 | 1307 | No | |
483 | TO-10589 | MacroSample | cob | 1650 | 50 | 1477 | 1608 | 1368 | No | |
488 | TO-9744 | MacroSample | cob | 1420 | 50 | 1288 | 1365 | 1177 | No | |
489 | TO-10591 | MacroSample | cob | 1530 | 50 | 1366 | 1515 | 1293 | No | |
490 | TO-10592 | MacroSample | cob | 1670 | 50 | 1497 | 1687 | 1385 | No | |
487 | TO-9743 | MacroSample | cob | 1600 | 50 | 1441 | 1541 | 1331 | No | |
504 | TO-9736 | MacroSample | unknown | 1210 | 50 | 1070 | 1230 | 960 | No | |
505 | TO-9737 | MacroSample | unknown | 1540 | 80 | 1388 | 1549 | 1273 | No | |
506 | TO-10580 | MacroSample | cob | 1360 | 60 | 1226 | 1311 | 1071 | No | |
507 | TO-10581 | MacroSample | cob | 1340 | 60 | 1210 | 1301 | 1067 | No | |
508 | TO-10582 | MacroSample | cob | 1610 | 50 | 1450 | 1549 | 1338 | No | |
509 | TO-10583 | MacroSample | cob | 1490 | 60 | 1340 | 1516 | 1262 | No | |
510 | TO-10584 | MacroSample | cob | 1390 | 60 | 1254 | 1354 | 1086 | No | |
511 | TO-10585 | MacroSample | cob | 1350 | 50 | 1223 | 1301 | 1083 | No | |
478 | TO-9740 | MacroSample | cob | 2410 | 100 | 2423 | 2717 | 2152 | No | |
479 | TO-9741 | MacroSample | cob | 1410 | 50 | 1279 | 1355 | 1174 | No | |
482 | TO-10588 | MacroSample | cob | 1560 | 50 | 1393 | 1518 | 1307 | No |