Ancient Cacao Map

Information

ID: 29
Other ID: N/A
Type: MacroSample
Subtype: Tree
Site: Cerén
Depositional context: Garden
Condition: Cast (volcanic ash)
Pottery type: Nondiagnostic, unslipped
Vessel form:

A cast impression was made of a cacao tree about to flower, demonstrating that cacao was being grown at an altitude of 450 m a.s.l. The tree was located just south of the garden associated with House 4 (Sheets 2006).

Phase Date

Name: Early Classic
Lower cal years bp: 1800
Midpoint cal Years BP: 1600
Upper cal years bp: 1400

Radiocarbon Date

Lab number: N/A
Dating method: Conventional
Directly dated: No
Dated material: Thatch
Contaminated?: No
Lower cal BP (years): 1290
Median cal BP (years): 1300
Upper cal BP (years): 1314
Uncal BP (years): 1390
± 1 σ (years): 90
δ13C:

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References Cited

Sheets, Payson D.
2006 The Ceren Site: An Ancient Village Buried by Volcanic Ash in Central America. second ed. Thomson Wadsworth, Belmont, CA.

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