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- Title
A HIGH-PRECISION CHRONOLOGY FOR TWO HOUSE FEATURES AT AN EARLY VILLAGE SITE ON WESTERN SANTA CRUZ ISLAND, CALIFORNIA, USA.
- Authors
Jazwa, Christopher S.; Gamble, Lynn H.; Kennett, Douglas J.
- Abstract
We establish a high-precision radiocarbon chronology for 2 house depressions at CA-SCRI-333, a large prehistoric village on the western end of Santa Cruz Island, California, USA. SCRI-333 is a large mound composed of a shell midden with more than 50 house depressions evident across its surface. We develop a chronology of occupation and activity for 2 of these depressions (6 and 32) based on a stratified sequence of accelerator mass spectrometry 14C dates. Carbonized twig and marine shell (Mytilus californianus) samples were selected from well-defined stratigraphic sections. Analytical error for these measurements is ±20 14C yr. We use a Bayesian statistical framework to propose an age model for the deposition of 2 features that may be associated with house construction. These data indicated that the features were not contemporaneous and suggest that house construction may have been sequential during the site's occupation, a hypothesis that needs to be tested further. The methodologies used in this study have the potential to increase the chronological precision of household archaeology at SCRI-333, on the northern Channel Islands, and around the world.
- Subjects
RADIOCARBON dating; CHRONOLOGY; ACCELERATOR mass spectrometry; ARCHAEOLOGY methodology; TWIGS; BAYESIAN analysis
- Publication
Radiocarbon, 2013, Vol 55, Issue 1, p185
- ISSN
0033-8222
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2458/azu_js_rc.v55i1.16447