America's Oldest Basketry
Issue Date
1998-01-01Keywords
Basin and Range ProvinceGreat Basin
baskets
Falcon Hill Nevada
Washoe County Nevada
artifacts
North America
Nevada
archaeology
archaeological sitesHolocenePleistoceneupper PleistoceneUnited StatesCenozoicQuaternaryC 14carbondatesisotopesradioactive isotopesabsolute age
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Berger, R., Bendat, M., & Parker, A. (1998). America's oldest basketry. Radiocarbon, 40(2), 615-620.Journal
RadiocarbonDescription
From the 16th International Radiocarbon Conference held in Gronigen, Netherlands, June 16-20, 1997.Additional Links
http://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/Abstract
We have determined the earliest calibrated dates on three types of basketry from the Great Basin of western North America. The oldest twined basketry dates to 10,380-10,918 cal BP, reed duck decoys to 2355-2773 cal BP, and wooden sandals of sagebrush bark or twined tule to 9247-10,375 cal BP and 9242-9836 cal BP, respectively.Type
Proceedingstext