Dating the Peopling of Northwestern South America: An AMS Date from El Inga Site, Highland Ecuador. (2nd January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: G. Nami, Hugo; Stanford, Dennis J.
• Is Part Of: PaleoAmerica. Volume 2:Number 1(2016)
• Page Start: 60
• Page End: 63
• Publication Date: 2016-01-02
• Subjects: peopling of South America -- AMS dating -- fishtail points -- Ecuador; Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric -- America -- Periodicals; Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric -- Periodicals; Prehistoric peoples -- Population -- Periodicals; Prehistoric peoples -- America -- Periodicals; Antiquities, Prehistoric -- America -- Periodicals; Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Periodicals; 970.011
• DOI: 10.1080/20555563.2016.1139793
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2055-5563

Abstract

Abstract : The El Inga site in Ecuador produced an important number of fishtail (or Fell) points. Early 1960s conventional radiocarbon assays yielded dates ranging between 9000 and 4900 14 C yr BP. Even the oldest one seems too young given dates for these artifacts in South America. We recently AMS dated a curated sample from Bell's original excavation. The new results are in agreement with dates obtained from fishtail point sites in the rest of the continent.