Otstungo is a Late Woodland site located on a sheer bluff overlooking Otstungo Creek in the town of Minden, 6 km south of the Mohawk River. It was first occupied about A.D. 1450 and abandoned by 1525 (Snow 1995:115). Six AMS radiocarbon dates were obtained from maize samples associated with midden deposits inside the longhouse excavated by Dean Snow and his team in the mid-1980s (Snow 1995:138, Table 3.21).
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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669 | AA-7402 | MacroSample | unknown | 410 | 50 | 460 | 530 | 316 | No | |
667 | AA-7398 | MacroSample | unknown | 380 | 55 | 426 | 511 | 312 | No | |
670 | AA-7400 | MacroSample | unknown | 415 | 50 | 465 | 534 | 316 | No | |
665 | AA-7399 | MacroSample | unknown | 345 | 55 | 398 | 501 | 305 | No | |
666 | AA-7401 | MacroSample | unknown | 365 | 50 | 412 | 504 | 311 | No | |
668 | AA-6423 | MacroSample | unknown | 400 | 55 | 444 | 523 | 315 | No |