Dr. William F. Romain, of The Ancient Earthworks Project Blog, has written an interesting and informative post about new radiocarbon dates for the Serpent Mound suggesting that it is more than 2,000 years old.
"In any event, none of the median ages reported from any of our contexts within Serpent Mound are younger than 303 BC. In particular, no Fort Ancient charcoal was found in the sampled mound fill, or at the base of Serpent Mound. If the effigy was built by anyone later than Adena-era people, then one might expect to find some evidence of that in the way of organic materials or charcoal at the base. Such was not the case, however. If someone other than Early Woodland (i.e., Adena) people built the Serpent Mound, they were very fastidious in their work and left no trace at the foundation level. "
To read the full post, click here.
- Edward W. Hermann, G. William Monaghan, William F. Romain, Timothy M. Schilling, Jarrod Burks, Karen L. Leone, Matthew P. Purtill, Alan C. Tonetti
- Journal of Archaeological Science, Vol. 50, October 2014, Pages 117-125.
For more information about
Radiocarbon Dating, LiDAR,
& the Serpent Mound,
Visit:
- Dating: The Radiocarbon Way
- GNS Science, The Archaeology Channel.
- Why is Radiocarbon Dating Important to Archaeology?
- California State Parks
- Fundamentals of Radiocarbon Dating
- Canadian Archaeological Radiocarbon Database
- Technical Details of Radiocarbon Dating
- Canadian Archaeological Radiocarbon Database
- What is LiDAR?
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association.
- Serpent Mound
- Ancient Ohio Trail.
- World Heritage Nomination for the Serpent Mound
- History Got it Wrong: Scientist Now Say Serpent Mound as Old as Aristotle
- Geoffrey Sea, Indian Country Today
- August 7, 2014.
- Remembrance of Things Past- The Age of Serpent Mound
- Robert Fletcher, Ohio History Connection Archaeology Blog.
- April 20, 2014
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