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How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement |
Source: This table was posted by the Memphis Archaeological and Geological Society. However, the data comes from Archaeology's Dating Game, a sidebar in the article Who Were the First Americans, by Sasha Nemecek, published by Scientific American in September 2000.
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Age in Radiocarbon years
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Age in Calendar years
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9 600
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11 000
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10 200
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12 000
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11 000
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13 000
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12 000
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14 000
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12 700
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15 000
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13 300
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16 000
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14 200
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17 000
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15 000
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18 000
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15 900
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19 000
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16 800
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20 000
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17 600
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21 000
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18 500
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22 000
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19 300
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23 000
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20 000
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24 000
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October 4, 2001