Wooden Marker Post from Cahokia Analyzed - Archaeology Magazine

Wooden Marker Post from Cahokia Analyzed - Archaeology Magazine

Mitchell Log, with locations of radiocarbon samples taken TUCSON, ARIZONA—A new analysis of the Mitchell Log, the largest marker post recovered from Cahokia, has yielded dating information for the ancient North American city and insight into how marker posts were obtained by its residents, according to a Phys.org report. Nicholas V. Kessler of the University of Arizona and his colleagues used advanced tree-ring radiocarbon dating techniques and …