Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Letter
  • Published:

Chronology of a West Mexican Shaft-tomb

Nature volume 212, pages 651–652 (1966)Cite this article

Abstract

FURST has recently suggested a tentative date of about A.D. 250 for one phase of the shaft-tomb complex found in the Nayarit, Jalisco and Colima area of Western Mexico1,2. The suggested age of the tomb complex was based on radiocarbon measurements of three marine shell artefacts from one looted shaft-tomb (UCLA-593A-C. Additional information is now available which allows a more comprehensive discussion of the chronology of this tomb.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Furst, P. T., Science, 147, 612 (1965).

    Article  CAS  ADS  Google Scholar 

  2. Furst, P. T., Eco (Instituto Jalisciense de Antropologia e Historia), 22 (1965).

  3. Long, S. V., dissertation, Univ. of California, Los Angeles (1966).

  4. Friedman, I., Smith, R. L., and Clark, D., in Science in Archaeology, edit. by Brothwell, D., and Higgs, E., 47 (Thames and Hudson, London, 1963).

    Google Scholar 

  5. Eyman, C. E., Amer. Antiqu., 31, 109 (1965).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. McKern, T. W., Quartermaster Res. and Eng. Command Tech. Rep., EP-45 (1958).

  7. Berger, R., Horney, A., and Libby, W. F., Science, 144, 999 (1964).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  8. Berger, R., and Libby, W. F., Radiocarbon, 8 (1966).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. Suess, H. E., J. Geophys. Res., 70, 5937 (1965).

    Article  CAS  ADS  Google Scholar 

  10. Cook, S. F., and Heizer, R. F., Rep. Univ. of Calif. Archaeol. Survey (Berkeley), 17, 1 (1952).

    Google Scholar 

  11. Cook, S. F., and Heizer, R. F., Southwestern J. Anthropol., 9, 231 (1953).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. Cook, S. F., and Heizer, R. F., Amer. J. Phys. Anthropol., 17, 109 (1959).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. Berger, R., and Libby, W. F., Radiocarbon, 7, 336 (1965).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  14. Berger, R., Taylor, R. E., and Libby, W. F., Science, 153, 864 (1966).

    Article  CAS  ADS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Anthropology,

    S. V. LONG

  2. Department of Anthropology and Institute of Geophysics, University of California, Los Angeles

    R. E. TAYLOR

Authors
  1. S. V. LONG
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. R. E. TAYLOR
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

LONG, S., TAYLOR, R. Chronology of a West Mexican Shaft-tomb. Nature 212, 651–652 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/212651a0

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/212651a0

Comments

By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms and Community Guidelines. If you find something abusive or that does not comply with our terms or guidelines please flag it as inappropriate.

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing