AMS Radiocarbon Dates for Charcoal from Three Missouri Pictographs and Their Associated Iconography
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This report presents four radiocarbon dates of charcoal pigments from Picture Cave, a site located in a remote wooded area in east-central Missouri. Carbon from charcoal pigments was extracted from three rock drawings on the wall of this cave. The four pigment samples contained sufficient carbon for accelerator mass spectrometric radiocarbon analysis. These black pigment samples (red and white paints are also present in the cave) yielded dates that place their affiliated motifs in a time-frame associated with Cahokia ca. 950 years ago. The dates are somewhat earlier than expected. We discuss the dates in connection with the iconography of the three motif panels tested., RésuméEste reporte anuncia las conclusiones del importante proyecto de datación de pigmenta en el estado de Missouri y examina a fondo las cuatrofechas resultantes en conexión con la iconografía de los tableros examinados. Los pigmentas fueron extraídos de tres tableros pictográficos hallados en los mums de una cueva encontrada en una remota zona boscosa en la zona centro-este del estado de Missouri. Los tableros y temas exponen una copiosa cantidad de data iconográfica. Como parte del proyecto de campo en 1996, Rowe y Hyman, quimicos analñicos de la Universidad de Texas A & M, extrayeron cinco muestras de pigmenta de la zona. Cuatro de las muestras contenian suficiente carbonopara la datación de “Accelerator Mass Spectrometry.” Las cuatro muestras de pigmento negro (también se encuentran pigmentas rojo y bianco) rindieronfechas que ponen los temas afiliados dentro de un período prehistórico en desarrollo. Lasfechas resultantes apoyan las estimaciones temporales originales asociadas con este sitio ñnico, expuestas en Diaz Granádos (1993).
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- Authors
- Diaz-Granάdos, C., Rowe, M. W., Hyman, M., Duncan, J. R., & Southon, J. R.
- Affiliations
- Texas A&M University (US)
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (US)
- Venue
- American Antiquity
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2001-07
- Volume
- 66
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 481-492
- ISSN
- 0002-7316 (ISSN-L)
- 2325-5064
- OpenAlex
- W2326783393
- Cited by
- 28
- References
- 31
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 8.40
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Antiquity (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Archeology › Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Social Sciences › Archeology › Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology (arts and humanities) › Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis
- Keywords
- rock art, radiocarbon dating, Cahokia, prehistoric cave art
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