CHARCOAL AND BOTANIC IDENTIFICATION AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF A SAMPLE FROM THE FRONT ENTRANCE/BATEMAN BRIDGE ROAD AT THOMAS JEFFERSON’S POPLAR FOREST, BEDFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA

Author(s): Peter Kováčik

Year: 2016

Summary

The Front Entrance Survey, conducted in 2009 on Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest property in Forest, Bedford County, Virginia, detected an area with high concentrations of prehistoric artifacts. Charred nutshell and charcoal fragments collected from Feature E, exposed in Unit ER5700/1, were submitted for identification and subsequent AMS radiocarbon age determination.

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CHARCOAL AND BOTANIC IDENTIFICATION AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF A SAMPLE FROM THE FRONT ENTRANCE/BATEMAN BRIDGE ROAD AT THOMAS JEFFERSON’S POPLAR FOREST, BEDFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA. Peter Kováčik. PRI Technical Report ,2016-011. 2016 ( tDAR id: 402406) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8DZ0B0T

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Keywords

Material
Charcoal • Dating Sample

Site Name
Bateman Bridge Road • Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
16-010 • AMS Radiocarbon Analysis • AMS Radiocarbon Dating • Charcoal Identification

Geographic Keywords
Bedford County (County) • Thomas Jefferson Poplar Forest • Virginia (State / Territory)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -80.068; min lat: 37.16 ; max long: -78.898; max lat: 38.208 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): PaleoResearch Institute

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