# **************************************************************** # ** Please acknowledge the contributors, the International ** # ** Multiproxy Paleofire Database, and and the Latin American ** # ** Pollen Database when using these data. ** # **************************************************************** # # Site name: Lago Catemaco # Place: MEX:Veracruz-Llave # Latitude: 18.40.00N ( 18.666667) # Longitude: 95.00.00W ( -95.0 ) # Elevation(m): 340 # Sigle: CATEMACO # Entity name: # Contact person: Byrne, A.R. # # Radiocarbon dates: # Depth Thk Age SDup SDlo Lab no. Basis Material # 8.5 17 1840 90 90 I13772 U bulk lake sediment # 25.0 10 3920 100 100 I13917 U bulk lake sediment # 248.5 19 2980 90 90 I13739 U bulk lake sediment # 592.5 15 4360 100 100 I13740 U bulk lake sediment # 925.5 23 6930 170 170 I13184 U bulk lake sediment # Dating notes: According to Byrne and Horn (1989), none of the radiocarbon # dates are reliable. # # Chron name: LAPD 1 # Age model: linear interpolation # Age bounds: -40 - 2990 # Chron notes: Chron uses top plus 3 tephra dates. All the radiocarbon # dates are rejected as too old. Chronology is tentative (see # Byrne and Horn 1989). # # Age basis: # Depth Thk Age AgeUp AgeLo RCode # 0.0 0 -32 0 -32 TOP # 116.0 2 157 100 250 TEF # 146.0 2 286 386 186 TEF # 822.0 2 2600 2100 3100 TEF # # Publications: Byrne, A.R., and S.P. Horn. 1989. Prehistoric agriculture # and forest clearance in the Sierra de los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, # Mexico. Palynology 13:181-193. # # Pollen counts from this site are available via the North American Pollen # Database at: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/napd.html # 1 Depth (cm) 2 Age (YrBP) 3 Charcoal Fragment Count 0,-32,126 10,-16,186 20,1,371 40,33,373 121,178,678 143,273,287 160,334,596 200,471,373 258,669,327 300,813,476 355,1001,554 420,1224,326 460,1361,635 565,1720,495 600,1840,156 695,2165,219 740,2319,191 780,2456,208 835,2644,159 860,2730,134 934,2983,341