AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF BONE COLLAGEN FROM MONTE VERDE I, CHILE

Author(s): Linda Scott Cummings

Year: 2015

Summary

Monte Verde I, located in south-central Chile, has produced radiocarbon dates indicating pre-Clovis occupation. Dates concurrent with occupational surface artifacts and features at MVII, including lithic, non-lithic artifacts, architectural remains, and spatial patterning, indicate site occupation approximately 14,600 to 14,200 years Cal BP (Dillehay, et al. 2008:784). Excavations at MV-I have produced dates ranging from 16,000 ± 60 to 9320 ± 40 BP. Noncultural levels have been dated between >43,500 BP to 23,660 ± 320 BP (Dillehay, personal communication July 13, 2015). A bone fragment collected during the 2013 field season from Unit 45A, in MV-7 was submitted for bone collagen extraction and AMS radiocarbon dating to provide additional evidence of the site’s antiquity.

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AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF BONE COLLAGEN FROM MONTE VERDE I, CHILE. Linda Scott Cummings. PRI Technical Report ,2015-036. 2015 ( tDAR id: 398986) ; doi:10.6067/XCV81V5G97

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Keywords

Material
Bone • Dating Sample • Fauna

Site Name
Monte Verde I

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
15-036 • Bone collagen extraction

Geographic Keywords
Chile (Country) • South America (Continent)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -74.498; min lat: -43.835 ; max long: -71.752; max lat: -39.893 ;

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Contact(s): PaleoResearch Institute

Record Identifiers

PRI Technical Report(s): 15-036

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