# **************************************************************** # ** Please acknowledge the contributors, the International ** # ** Multiproxy Paleofire Database, and and the North American ** # ** Pollen Database when using these data. ** # **************************************************************** # # Site name: Montezuma Well # Place: USA:Arizona # Latitude: 34.00.00N ( 34.0 ) # Longitude: 112.00.00W (-112.0 ) # Elevation(m): 1125 # Sigle: MONTEZUM # Entity name: # Contact person: Davis, O.K. # # Radiocarbon dates: # Depth Thk Age SDup SDlo Lab no. Basis Material # 225.0 10 1526 50 50 AA-2450 A charcoal, wood # 330.0 10 2885 60 60 AA-2451 A charcoal, wood # 395.0 10 5540 60 60 AA-4693 A charcoal, wood # 465.0 10 8003 70 70 AA-2452 A Scirpus achenes # 535.0 10 14950 350 320 A-4732 G bark # 887.0 1 9520 200 200 A-4733 G wood # 887.0 1 24910 370 370 AA-5053 A wood # 1015.0 1 10975 95 95 AA-4694 A Juniperus twig # Dating notes: Davis and Shafer (1992) reject dates A-4732 and AA-5053 as # too old. # # Chron name: Davis & Shafer 1992 # Age model: linear interpolation # Age bounds: 0 - 10980 # Chron notes: Chron uses 6 radiocarbon dates plus surface (0 BP). Dates # A-4732 and AA-5053 rejected as too old. # # Age basis: # Depth Thk Age AgeUp AgeLo RCode # 0.0 0 0 0 0 TOP # 225.0 10 1525 1625 1425 C14 # 330.0 10 2885 3005 2765 C14 # 395.0 10 5540 5660 5420 C14 # 465.0 10 8000 8140 7860 C14 # 887.0 1 9520 9920 9120 C14 # 1015.0 1 10975 11165 10785 C14 # # Publications: Shafer, D.S. 1989. The timing of late Quaternary monsoon # precipitation maxima in the southwest United States. # Dissertation. University of Arizona, Tuscon, Arizona, USA. # # Davis, O.K., and D.S. Shafer. 1992. A Holocene climatic # record for the Sonoran Desert from pollen analysis of # Montezuma Well, Arizona, USA. Palaeogeography, # Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 92:107-119. # # 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 0,0,29 5,34,44 10,68,45 22,149,168 42,285,283 61,413,5 80,542,172 100,678,1 118,800,25 138,935,128 158,1071,6 185,1254,16 215,1457,1356 230,1590,6992 240,1719,1400 250,1849,7207 257,1939,3640 285,2302,6723 300,2496,1240 315,2691,1134 330,2885,276 337,3171,182 343,3416,1353 350,3702,76 355,3906,6249 360,4110,14274 365,4315,2131 370,4519,176 377,4805,200 385,5132,369 390,5336,277 395,5540,191 400,5716,26 404,5856,545 410,6067,794 415,6243,96 422,6489,10822 430,6770,897 435,6946,10060 440,7121,20923 445,7297,32766 450,7473,8461 457,7719,8289 466,8004,297 475,8036,624 485,8072,11508 515,8180,813 550,8306,3034 585,8432,14223 615,8540,2254 650,8666,790 685,8792,9497 715,8900,6256 750,9027,57 785,9153,199 815,9261,1 850,9387,122 885,9513,31 900,9668,83 915,9838,68 930,10009,34 950,10236,18 975,10520,17 985,10634,57 990,10691,26 995,10748,36 1000,10804,81 1005,10861,99 1015,10975,144