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Radiocarbon Sample Information

Gd-618 Cueva de Isla 1    Age:  910 ± 85 BP 
Sample name:  Cueva de Isla 1
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 1967

Additional information:  From midden in front of Cueva de Isla, Block I, Sec A, level 0.5 to 0.75m, depth 0.57m.
Material of sample:  charcoal
Contamination:   
Type of site:  excavation
Field of study:  archaeology

Sample location:
Site name:  Cueva de Isla
Latitude:  21 37 36N
Longitude:  82 32 58W
Detailed description of the sample location:
Cuba, Cueva de Isla, Punta del Este, Isle of Pines.
Environment description:
Kitchen midden refuse with few artifacts made of marine shell and stone.

References to literature:  Radiocarbon Data List VII

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