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Discordant Ages Related to Reservoir Effect of Associated Archaeologic Remains from the Tunel Site, Beagle Channel, Argentine Republic∗

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Miguel C Albero ,
Fernando E Angiolini  and
Ernesto L Piana
Miguel C Albero
Affiliation:
Instituto de Geocronología y Geología Isotópica (INGEIS), Pabellón INGEIS, Ciudad Universitaria, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Fernando E Angiolini
Affiliation:
Instituto de Geocronología y Geología Isotópica (INGEIS), Pabellón INGEIS, Ciudad Universitaria, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ernesto L Piana
Affiliation:
Instituto de Geocronología y Geología Isotópica (INGEIS), Pabellón INGEIS, Ciudad Universitaria, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Abstract

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Evidence of a tradition of human maritime adaptation was recovered from various sites at Beagle Channel dating back to ca 6000 yr BP. Final occupations date to European settlement in the 19th century. The Túnel site exhibits discontinuous human occupation ranging from 6000 to 500 yr BP, represented by different archaeologic remains in each layer. Associated charcoal, mollusk shells, and Lama guanicoe and Arctocephalus australis bones were dated. Shells and Arctocephalus are consistently older than charcoal, demonstrating the reservoir effect at Beagle Channel. Results encourage further work in the area to evaluate the spatial and temporal magnitude of the effect.

Type
VII. Applications in Archaeology
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 28 , Issue 2A , 1986 , pp. 748 - 753
Copyright
Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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