A Response to Long's Radiocarbon Determinations That Attempt to Put Acceptable Chronology on the Fritz
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12368981 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard S Macneish (Andover Eye Associates, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 99-104 |
| Publication date | 2001-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-6635 • E-ISSN: 2325-5080 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/971762 |
| OpenAlex | W2319716576 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 10 |
Long and Fritz argue that AMS dates on early maize were rejected because MacNeish suspected they were contaminated with bedacryl. In fact a letter from MacNeish to Long in 1988 addressed several possible explanations for the problems with the dates. The dates were rejected because they were inconsistent with well-established stratigraphic sequences and associated artifacts and ecofacts. The evidence is briefly summarized here, and the inconsistencies in the Arizona dates pointed out. It appears that the problem lies less with possible contamination with bedacryl, and more with the treatment of the samples by the Arizona laboratory
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| Citations per year | 0.48 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2001 - 2023 (23) |
| Highly cited | No |