CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF A SAMPLE FROM FIRST LIGHT 2 SITE, BRISTOL COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS

Author(s): Peter Kováčik

Year: 2014

Summary

The First Light 2 Site is one of four sites examined as part of the First Light Casino project, situated within the Cotley River drainage in Taunton, Bristol County, southeastern Massachusetts. None of these sites contained any diagnostic material to define the period of occupation. Fragments of fire-cracked rock, calcined bone, and charcoal were recovered from Feature 1. A charcoal sample collected from this feature was submitted for identification and subsequent AMS radiocarbon age determination to ascertain the period of occupation.

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CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF A SAMPLE FROM FIRST LIGHT 2 SITE, BRISTOL COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS. Peter Kováčik. PRI Technical Report ,2014-076. 2014 ( tDAR id: 393735) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8MG7QFG

Keywords

Material
Dating Sample

Site Name
First Light 2 Site

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
AMS Radiocarbon Dating • Charcoal Identification

Geographic Keywords
Bristol (County) • Massachusetts (State / Territory) • North America (Continent) • United States of America (Country)

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): PaleoResearch Institute

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