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Comments on “America's Oldest Basketry”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Thomas J Connolly  and
William J Cannon
Thomas J Connolly
Affiliation:
State Museum of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403 USA
William J Cannon
Affiliation:
State Museum of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403 USA
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A recent publication on directly dated basketry specimens from the western United States (Berger et al. 1998, Radiocarbon 40(2):615–20) contained some misleading information, and in a few cases discussed radiocarbon ages from unacknowledged sources. We provide the missing original citations along with some clarifications. We focus especially on the age of distinctive Fort Rock and Multiple Warp–style sandals, for which we provide additional previously unreported 14C ages. Direct dates on fibers from Fort Rock sandals from 3 different sites range in age from 10,500 cal BP to about 9200 cal BP. Contextual evidence suggests that Multiple Warp sandals may date as early as 6600 cal BP, but the few directly dated specimens are less than 1000 yr old.

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Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 41 , Issue 3 , 1999 , pp. 309 - 313
Copyright
Copyright © 1999 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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