DOMESTICATED SUNFLOWER IN 5TH MILLENNIUM BP TEMPORAL CONTEXT - NEW EVIDENCE FROM MIDDLE TENNESSEE

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CRITES, GD
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[1] Frank H. McClung Museum, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 37996-3200, TN
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10.2307/281459
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Q98 [人类学];
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030303 ;
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Carbonized seeds of domesticated sunflower (Helianthus annuus var. macrocarpus Ckll.) recovered from the Hayes site in middle Tennessee yielded an accelerator date of 4265 +/- 60 B.P. This is the earliest date for domesticated sunflower, extending the known age of this eastern North American domesticate by 1,400 years.
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