Accelerator Radiocarbon Dates on Charcoal, Shell, and Human Bone from the Del Mar Site, California

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2575888
AutoresThomas W Stafford (0000-0003-4094-9889, Carnegie Institution for Science, autor de correspondencia), Rose A Tyson (San Diego Museum of Man)
Año1989
Volumen54
Número2
Páginas389-395
Fecha de publicación1989-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Antiquity (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/281713
OpenAlexW2036232142
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas18

Accelerator radiocarbon dates on shell, charcoal, and human bone samples are an indication that human activity at the Del Mar site dates to 5000 B.P. and possibly from 7000 B.P. The shell and charcoal fragments were dislocated stratigraphically by extensive bioturbation and provide evidence that accelerator dates on extremely small samples should be used with caution. Certain depositional environments will require multiple dating within a site because single-sample dating will not yield definitive ages. Dating of individual amino acids from the Del Mar sphenoid yielded an average age of 4900 ± 40 B.P. and conclusively establishes the age for the Del Mar skull. The previously dated tibia was found to be contaminated with exogenous amino acids, thereby making its age uncertain

Accelerator mass spectrometry · Archaeology · Bioturbation · Charcoal · Geochronology · Geography · Human bone · Radiocarbon dating · Sedimentary depositional environment · Shell (structure) · Taphonomy · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Chemistry · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Geology · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Paleontology