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Science 5 February 1965:
Vol. 147. no. 3658, pp. 612 - 613
DOI: 10.1126/science.147.3658.612
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Radiocarbon Dates from a Tomb in Mexico

P. T. Furst 1

1 Latin American Center, University of California, Los Angeles

The first series of radiocarbon dates to be obtained from a deep shaft-and-chamber tomb of the type restricted in Mesoamerica to parts of Nayarit, Jalisco, and Colima in western Mexico ranges from 2230 ± 100 years to 1710 ± 80 years. Examination of the evidence indicates that for the present a date equivalent to A.D. 250 should be accepted for at least one phase, possibly a late phase, of the shaft tomb culture and for the hollow, polychrome figurines associated with the tombs.


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