A Black Deer at Black Cave: New Pictograph Radiocarbon Date for the Lower Pecos, Texas

Autor:	Amanda M. Castañeda, Lennon N. Bates, Karen L. Steelman, Carolyn Boyd
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	geography geography.geographical_feature_category Cave law Radiocarbon dating Archaeology Geology law.invention
Zdroj:	Index of Texas Archaeology Open Access Grey Literature from the Lone Star State.
ISSN:	2475-9333 4000-3000
Popis:	A Pecos River style painting of a black deer from Black Cave Annex (41VV76a) in southwest Texas was radiocarbon dated. Using plasma oxidation and accelerator mass spectrometry, we obtained an age of 1465 ± 40 RCYBP (2 sigma calibrated age range of A.D. 470-660). This age is younger than the accepted age range for Pecos River style paintings, which is approximately 4000-3000 years B.P. This new measurement in association with other younger dates prompts us to question whether the Pecos River style endured for a longer time period than previously thought. More radiocarbon research is needed in order to understand how this anomalous result might fit within the Lower Pecos Canyonlands rock art chronology.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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