8VO43 - Blue Spring Midden B
Test Unit 2
Youngest of two dates is conventional C14 assay on charred hickory nutshell from charcoal- and ash-rich stratum below uppermost shell stratum.  Moderate numbers of small, plain fiber-tempered sherds.

Oldest of two dates is AMS assay on wood charcoal from organically-enriched stratum overlying basal midden stratum;  virtually free of fiber-tempered pottery


8VO43 - Blue Spring Midden B
Test Unit 1
Basal stratum of charcoal-enriched soil with mystery snail and apple snail; virtually free of fiber-tempered pottery
 

Wasterwater Treatment Area
Test Unit 1
Sample of charcoal from base of buried A horizon proved to be recent (140 +/- 50 BP).

All dates reported here are conventional ages with 13C/12C fractionation corrections

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