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Radiocarbon Sample Information

Gd-617 Perico I/3    Age:  1495 ± 60 BP 
Sample name:  Perico I/3
Submitter:  Schild Romuald
Institution:
 
 
 PAN Warszawa
 Instytut Historii (IHKM)
 Swierczewskiego 105   00-140 Warszawa

Collector:
Date of collection:
 Department of Archaeology, Academy of Science, Cuba
 March 1972

Additional information:  From Trench 1, Sec 1, level 1 to l.2m.
Material of sample:  charcoal
Contamination:   
Type of site:  excavation
Field of study:  archaeology

Sample location:
Site name:  Perico
Latitude:  22 52 42N
Longitude:  83 16 18W
Detailed description of the sample location:
kitchen midden refuse with few artifacts made of marine shell and stone and human burials (59 skeletons found in vari. lavers)
Environment description:
Burial Cave Perico I, Bahia Honda, Province Pinar del Rio

References to literature:  Radiocarbon Data List VII

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