Mariusz S. Ziółkowski, Mieczysław F. Pazdur †, Andrzej Krzanowski, Adam Michczyński

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Sample Details

Sample ID:
AA 41952
Delta13 Correction:
-24
Age BP:
1284 ± 54
Sitename:
Cerro Mejia
Country:
Peru
Material:
carbon
Sample Details:
Provenience:
Context of the Sample:
CM 145 summit
Description of the Site:
Cerro Mejia is a big hill with thelargest settlement area of the colony, but its not the densest or themost sumptuous. Housing commoners, numerous masonry-facedresidential terraces were erected on the hillside around El Paso.
Location Details

Country:
Peru
Administration Unit:
Mo
Latitude:
-17.097778
Longitude:
-70.854167
Altitude:
2450
Project Details

Collected:
Moseley; 2005
Project:
Laboratory comment:
0
Contamination:
Archaeological comment:
Publication date:
2005
References:
- Moseley M.E., Nash D.J., Williams P.R., deFrance S.D., Miranda A., Ruales M., Burning down the brewery: Establishing and evacuating an ancient imperial colony at Cerro Baul, Peru, PNAS 29 (2005), pp.17253A9617536

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We are very grateful to Prof. Christopher Bronk Ramsey for his support in the installation of the date calibration system, based on the OxCal program.