An experimental study of bean and maize burning to interpret evidence from Stillhouse Hollow Cave in western North Carolina

Whyte, Thomas R.

doi:10.1080/0734578x.2019.1616275

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“…Ultimately the two lines of evidence need to be reconciled as suggested by Dotzel (2021). This will require additional laboratory and actualistic experimentation to determine under what conditions and contexts maize micro- (Crowther 2012;Raviele 2011) andmacrobotanical (e.g., King 1987;Dezendorf 2013;Whyte 2019) remains preserve in the archaeological record.…”

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Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Dating of Meadowcroft Rockshelter Maize

Hart

Adovasio

2022

Radiocarbon

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The Meadowcroft Rockshelter in southwestern Pennsylvania is best known for its pre-Clovis occupation. Potentially important for later times is the recovery of maize macrobotanical remains from higher strata dating as early as the 4th century BC based on radiometric radiocarbon (14C) dates on wood charcoal. These remains have been considered to be potentially as old as the earliest microbotanical evidence for maize in Michigan, New York and Québec recovered from directly dated charred cooking residues adhering to pottery. The results of accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) dating 17 samples from maize specimens from all Meadowcroft strata producing maize, indicate that the specimens originated from historical use of the shelter, most likely after AD 1800. These results further emphasize the need to obtain direct dates on maize macrobotanical remains recovered from early contexts prior to the development and common use of AMS dating.

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Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Dating of Meadowcroft Rockshelter Maize

Hart

Adovasio

2022

Radiocarbon

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“…That not all the complete cotyledons exhibit this shell-like form indicates that the seeds were subjected to varied temperatures. Blistering on some cotyledons (Figure 2 e, f) suggests direct contact with flames (Whyte 2019).…”

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“…Here I report on the recovery of several thousand common bean cotyledons and fragments and several hundred whole seeds from a pit feature at the late sixteenth to early seventeenth-century AD ancestral Oneida Diable site, which was the subject of limited avocational excavations in the 1980s (Bennett et al 2007;Gibson 1991;Weiskotten 2007). A comparison of cotyledons from this site with the morphology of cotyledons from the recent charring experiments (Hart 2021;Whyte 2019) allow an interpretation of taphonomy for the Diable site beans. These results provide additional clues for common bean seed preservation in the archaeological record.…”

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Phaseolus vulgaris Seeds from the Late Sixteenth–Early Seventeenth Century AD Ancestral Oneida Diable Site, New York

Hart¹

2022

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The ethnohistorical, ethnographic, and contemporary literatures all suggest that common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) was an important component of Northern Iroquoian agronomic systems and diets. Seemingly at odds with this is the sparse occurrence of whole and partial common bean seeds on fourteenth through seventeenth century AD village sites. The recovery of a large quantity of whole and partial bean seeds from the ancestral Oneida Diable site, dated here to between AD 1583 and 1626 with a Bayesian model using seven new AMS radiocarbon dates, provides clues as to when large quantities of rehydrated/cooked common bean seeds may occur in the archaeological record.

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The effects of charring on common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L) seed morphology and strength

Hart

2021

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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An experimental study of bean and maize burning to interpret evidence from Stillhouse Hollow Cave in western North Carolina

Cited by 5 publications

References 18 publications

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Dating of Meadowcroft Rockshelter Maize

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Dating of Meadowcroft Rockshelter Maize

Phaseolus vulgaris Seeds from the Late Sixteenth–Early Seventeenth Century AD Ancestral Oneida Diable Site, New York

The effects of charring on common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L) seed morphology and strength

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