CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION FOR A SAMPLE FROM CHIQUIHUITE CAVE, ZACATECAS, MEXICO

Author(s): Peter Kováčik; Linda Scott Cummings

Year: 2016

Summary

Chiquihuite Cave, located in the high altitude desert (2740 m asl) in the State of Zacatecas, north-central Mexico, is an active cave with deep deposits. A small sediment sample mixed with visible charcoal flakes was submitted for charcoal identification and AMS radiocarbon age determination of the deepest cave deposits at a depth of 3.4 meters.

Cite this Record

CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION FOR A SAMPLE FROM CHIQUIHUITE CAVE, ZACATECAS, MEXICO. Peter Kováčik, Linda Scott Cummings. PRI Techincal Report ,2016-053. 2016 ( tDAR id: 406695) ; doi:10.6067/XCV89G5PP9

Keywords

Material
Charcoal • Dating Sample • Macrobotanical

Site Name
Chiquihuite Cave

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
16-053 • AMS Radiocarbon Analysis • AMS Radiocarbon Dating • Charcoal Identification

Geographic Keywords
Chiquihuite Cave • Mexico (Country) • Zacatecas (State / Territory)

Temporal Keywords
Late Pleistocene

Spatial Coverage

min long: -105.013; min lat: 22.187 ; max long: -99.322; max lat: 25.096 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): PaleoResearch Institute

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