Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) dates confirm early Zea mays in the Mississippi River Valley.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Riley, Thomas J.; Walz, Gregory R.
- Source
- American Antiquity. Jul94, Vol. 59 Issue 3, p490. 9p. 1 Diagram, 2 Charts.
- Subject
- *PALEOBOTANY
*ARCHAEOLOGICAL dating
- Language
- ISSN
- 0002-7316
Examines the presence of maize in the Mississippi River Valley between 170 B.C. and A.D. 60 through the use of accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) dating. Dating of samples of Zea mays from the Holding site 11MS118 in the American Bottom near East St. Louis, Illinois; Archaebotanical sampling strategy and the archaeological context of maize at Holding.