- Sample Details
- Sample ID:
- OxA-9509
- Delta13 Correction:
- -10.5
- Age BP:
- 9950 ± 75
- Sitename:
- Piedra Museo AEP-1
- Country:
- Argentina, USA
- Material:
- Charcoal. Schinus sp.
- Sample Details:
- Provenience:
- field prospection, terrestrial resources, excavation
- Context of the Sample:
- Description of the Site:
- A multi-component site in a small rockshelter, Patagonia. Two main strata were identified, the upper one an aeolian sediment (Unit 1) and the lower one a palaeosol containing five units (Unit 2 to Unit 6) distinguishable by their sedimentological characteristics
- Location Details
- Country:
- Argentina
- Administration Unit:
- Santa Cruz
- Latitude:
- -47.895
- Longitude:
- -67.867778
- Altitude:
- 100
- Project Details
- Collected:
- Project:
- Laboratory comment:
- convencional + AMS
- Contamination:
- Archaeological comment:
- Unit U4 yielded a fragmented red chert fishtail projectile point in addition to a few other artefacts and animal bones (mainly Lama guanicoe, but including those of the extinct horse Hippidion saldiasi and extinct camelid Lama [vicugna] gracilis). Lower units (4/5 and 6) were interpreted as belonging to the same component.
- Publication date:
- 2009
- References:
- Steele, J., Politis, G. (2009). AMS 14C dating of early human occupation of southern South America. Journal of Archaeological Science 36, 419–429:
Mariusz S. Ziółkowski, Mieczysław F. Pazdur †, Andrzej Krzanowski, Adam Michczyński
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.