- Sample Details
- Sample ID:
- ZZZZ-04
- Delta13 Correction:
- 100
- Age BP:
- 1330 ± 100
- Sitename:
- Honcopampa
- Country:
- Peru
- Material:
- charcoal carbonized wood
- Sample Details:
- Provenience:
- excavation
- Context of the Sample:
- From foundation fill at the base of a patio group (square or rectangular perimeter wall enclosing a central patio
- Description of the Site:
- Middle Horizon center, three building forms: chullpas, patio groups, D-shape buildings North Highlands of Peru,E side of the Callejon de Huaylas or upper Santa River Valley,W flank of the glaciated Cordillera Blanca,ca 17km N of the city of Huaraz
- Location Details
- Country:
- Peru
- Administration Unit:
- An
- Latitude:
- -9.356944
- Longitude:
- -77.511111
- Altitude:
- 3500
- Project Details
- Collected:
- Isbell W. H.; 1987
- Project:
- Laboratory comment:
- 0
- Contamination:
- Archaeological comment:
- The excavation program in Honcopampa was directed by William H. ?Isbell (SUNY-Binghamton), assisted by Pablo de la Vera Cruz, ?Sabino Arroyo, and Hartmut Tschnauner.ISBEL91: alt given: 11.400 feet a.s.l.The sample came from deep strata in AC-5 (Excavation 1, level ?11), near the base of the building foundation that also produced ?sherds reminiscent of the Recuay style and Huaraz styles. While ?these ceramics imply an EIP occupation at Honcopampa, the date of ?the carbon sample is 1330+-100 (AD 620+-100), virtually the same ?as the Middle Horizon dates above. I suspect that the carbon ?sample pertains to the construction of patio group AC-5, while ?the ceramics belong to earlier occupations. They may have been ?disturbed and mixed with construction materials when the ?foundation trenches for the patio group were dug.
- Publication date:
- 1987
- References:
- : , BURGE89a: 191, ISBEL91: 34, : , :
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.