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Evidence for Early Maize (Zea mays) from the Icehouse Bottom Site, Tennessee
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2017
Abstract
An accelerator date of 1775 ± 100 B.P. obtained from a maize (Zea mays) kernel from the Icehouse Bottom site in eastern Tennessee is the most convincing early date for maize in eastern North America.
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