Radiocarbon
Database

Silesian University of Technology
Institute of Physics, Departament of Radioisotopes
Radiocarbon Laboratory

Silesian University of Technology, Radiocarbon Laboratory, Bolesława Krzywoustego 2, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland

  Home  Contact

Radiocarbon Sample Information

Gd-6546 Anyinam C 236    Age:  170 ± 70 BP 
Sample name:  Anyinam C 236
Submitter:  Shinnie Peter L.
Institution:
 
 
 Uniwersytet w Calgary
 Wydział Archeologii
     Calgary

Collector:
Date of collection:
 Shinnie P.L.
 Jan 1991

Additional information:  Depth 50 cm. Field Ay - roadside sample no1.
Material of sample:  charcoal
Contamination:  rootlets
Type of site:  excavation
Field of study:  archaeology

Sample location:
Site name:  Anyinam
Latitude:  06 30 00N
Longitude:  01 32 00W
Detailed description of the sample location:
Small village of 23 compounds, population of approximately 300 people. Oral
tradition claim the village to be the birth place of Osei Tutu
Environment description:
Located 1.5kms. SE of Kokofu

References to literature:  Radiocarbon Data List XII

© Copyright 2000 -2001 Institute of Physics, Silesian University of Technology, All Rights Reserved
Last Update: 05-10-2005 All comments please send to:
Anna Pazdur, Natalia Piotrowska