Human remains

Museum number:
12-6073
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21120006073
Alternate number:
3 (burial number)
Accession number:
Acc.753
Description:
Fragments limb bones, skull etc. Incomplete remains, ambiguous sex, older adult.
Donor:
Gordon W. Hewes
Collection place:
CA-Fre-48 (Tranquillity site), Fresno County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
surface; 0-6
Collector:
Gordon W. Hewes and William Clifford Massey
Collection date:
June 21, 1939
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Human remains
Accession date:
1939
Department:
Human remains
Comment:
For radiocarbon dating 1220 g of human bones from burials 3 and 4 were obtained through R. F. Heizer and A.B. Elsasser of the Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley. First the bones were continously extracted with analytical grade solvents to remove any preservative or glue. [...] Finally the radiocarbon age was determined to be 2550 + 60 years." Berger et. al 1971
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Human remains, accession number 12-6073, described as Fragments limb bones, skull etc. Incomplete remains, ambiguous sex, older adult.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Human remains, accession number 12-6073, described as Fragments limb bones, skull etc. Incomplete remains, ambiguous sex, older adult.

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