This cave site is located on the west bank of the Rio San Diego de Jemez near a natural "soda" dam on the river. Excavations at the site in the 1930s (Alexander and Reiter 1935) recovered many well-preserved maize cobs, some of which were directly dated using conventional radiocarbon dating in the late 1950s (Crane and Griffen 1958). Richard Ford revisited the site in the early 1970s and dated an additional maize cob (Ford 1975). Vierra and Ford (2006:499) provide a recent summary of the research on maize at the site and include photographs of the excavations and a cob from the site (Figures 35-3 and 6).
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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225 | Beta-183771 | MacroSample | unknown | 2990 | 40 | 3181 | 3335 | 3008 | No | |
226 | Beta-183772 | MacroSample | unknown | 2980 | 40 | 3166 | 3324 | 3005 | No | |
39 | M-xxx | MacroSample | cob | 2410 | 360 | 2484 | 3374 | 1626 | No | |
121 | M-466 | MacroSample | cob | 2440 | 250 | 2508 | 3142 | 1896 | No |