- Sample Details
- Sample ID:
- DIC-685
- Delta13 Correction:
- 100
- Age BP:
- 9980 ± 255
- Sitename:
- Quelccaya
- Country:
- Peru
- Material:
- peat
- Sample Details:
- Provenience:
- core
- Context of the Sample:
- Galcier within "Little Ice Age" limit. Uppermost peat of Huancane I moraine.
- Description of the Site:
- Quelccaya ice cap, situated just south of the E end of the Cordillera Vilcanota. The ice cap covers 70 km2 plateau and is the only one within the tropics.
- Location Details
- Country:
- Peru
- Administration Unit:
- Cu
- Latitude:
- -13.933333
- Longitude:
- -70.9
- Altitude:
- 4900
- Project Details
- Collected:
- Mercer J. H.; 0
- Project:
- Laboratory comment:
- 0
- Contamination:
- Archaeological comment:
- Publication date:
- 1976
- References:
- - Mercer J. H., Oscar Palacios M., 1977, Radiocarbon dating of the last glaciation in Peru [in:] Geology, vol. 5, pp. 600-604, October 1977,600-604
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.