Domesticated Chenopodium in Prehistoric Eastern North America: New Accelerator Dates from Eastern Kentucky

1 April 1987

journal article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in American Antiquity

Vol. 52 (2) , 355-357
https://doi.org/10.2307/281788

Abstract

Specimens of desiccatedChenopodium berlandierissp. jonesianum from Cloudsplitter and Newt Kash Rock-shelters in Menifee County, eastern Kentucky yielded accelerator dates of 3450 ± 150 B.P. and 3400 ± 150 B.P., respectively, extending the known age of this prehistoric domesticate by 1,000 years.

Keywords

PREHISTORIC
CHENOPODIUM
B.P
DOMESTICATED
CLOUDSPLITTER
SSP
MENIFEE
KASH
SHELTERS
JONESIANUM

This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:

Chenopodium as a Prehistoric Domesticate in Eastern North America: Evidence from Russell Cave, Alabama
Science, 1984