Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio Radiocarbon Dates

Provided by Dr. Fred A. Finney of Upper Midwest Archaeology, St. Joseph, Illinois

References Cited

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Site No. Site Name Feature and Stratigraphic Position Material Dated Archeological Uncorrected C14 age Uncorrected age Lab. No. Reference
Culture Years B.P. S.D. A.D. or B.C. S.D.
33Cu8 South Park Feature 8 Charcoal Whittlesey 330 105 AD 1620 105 CWRU-2A (1) Brose 1973
33Cu8 South Park Feature 8 Charcoal Whittlesey 330 55 AD 1620 55 CWRU-2B Brose 1973
33Cu8 South Park Feature 4 Charcoal Whittlesey 305 55 AD 1645 55 CWRU-4 Brose 1973
33Cu8 South Park Feature 81/3, Area J, Sample 1 Wood Charcoal Whittlesey 330 45 AD 1620 45 DIC-2393 Brose 1973
33Cu8 South Park Feature 81/3, Area J, Sample 2 Wood Charcoal Whittlesey 360 45 AD 1590 45 DIC-2398 Brose 1973
33Cu8 South Park Refuse Pit 2 (Northwest Edge, Gravel Ridge) Charcoal Whittlesey 300 100 AD 1650 100 M-2270 Brose 1994
33Cu8 South Park Feature 12 Charcoal Whittlesey 305 55 AD 1645 55 M-2271 Brose 1973
33Cu8 South Park Feature 1, SW half Charcoal Whittlesey 310 50 AD 1640 50 WIS-537 Brose 1973
33Cu8 South Park Feature 49 Charcoal Whittlesey 380 55 AD 1570 55 WIS-538 Brose 1973
33Cu8 South Park Feature 23 (house floor lenses) Charcoal Whittlesey 410 55 AD 1540 55 WIS-539 Brose 1973
33Cu8 South Park Feature 98 originating in Level 1 Charcoal Whittlesey 950 65 AD 1000 65 WIS-576 Brose 1973
33Cu25 Kurtz Feature 1 hearth Wood Charcoal Middle Historic 200 50 AD 1750 50 CRWU-64 Brose et al. 1981:257-258
33Cu46 Sweet Corn Feature 8 Wood Charcoal Whittlesey 650 50 AD 1300 50 Beta-109157 Finney 1997
33Cu65 Vaughn Level 2, XU6 (TL-date) Grit-tempered Sherd Whittlesey 280 30 AD 1670 30 Alpha-959 Zalesky 1986
33Cu65 Vaughn Feature 4 wall (TL-date) Grit-tempered Sherd Whittlesey 680 90 AD 1270 90 Alpha-960 Zalesky 1986
33Cu65 Vaughn Level 1, XU5/6 hearth Wood Charcoal Whittlesey 190 60 AD 1760 60 Beta-8956 Zalesky 1986
33Cu65 Vaughn Feature 1 Wood Charcoal Whittlesey 700 50 AD 1250 50 Beta-8957 Zalesky 1986
33Cu65 Vaughn Feature 1 Wood Charcoal Whittlesey 410 50 AD 1540 50 Beta-8958 Zalesky 1986
33Cu402 Plateau Picnic Feature 1 Wood Charcoal Late Archaic 2900 60 950 BC 60 Beta-109156 Finney 1997
no # William Knapp House Feature 1 roasting oven in TU 2 Charcoal Whittlesey 380 70 AD 1570 70 Beta-96184 MWAC files
33Su12 Lee Village Refuse pit excavated by Steve Fuller Charcoal Whittlesey unknown unknown AD 1250-1300 unknown 1975 Bush OAI form
33Su87 Columbia Road Village Feature 77-3 (Feature 1?) Wood Charcoal Late Woodland 1090 85 AD 860 85 DIC-2605 Belovich and Brose 1982
33Su87 Columbia Road Village Feature 77-5 (Feature 1?) Wood Charcoal Late Woodland 1160 60/50 AD 790 60/50 DIC-2606 Belovich and Brose 1982
33Su92 Greenwood Village Feature 10, Sec. C., 82 cmbs, TU 19 and 20 Wood Charcoal Late Woodland 1260 80 AD 690 80 Beta-10715 Belovich and Brose 1992
33Su92 Greenwood Village Feature 10, Sec. D., 100 cmbs, TU 19 and 20 Wood Charcoal Late Woodland 1500 60 AD 450 60 Beta-10716 Belovich and Brose 1992
33Su92 Greenwood Village Feature 10, Sec. D., 101 cmbs, TU 19 and 20 Wood Charcoal Late Woodland 1020 70 AD 930 70 DIC-3072 Belovich and Brose 1992
33Su92 Greenwood Village Feature 10, Sec. B., 77 cmbs, TU 19 and 20; TL Grit-tempered Sherd Late Woodland 1180 180 AD 770 180 Alpha-1484 Belovich and Brose 1992
33Su92 Greenwood Village Feature 10, Sec. B., 82 cmbs, TU 19 and 20; TL Grit-tempered Sherd Late Woodland 1200 200 AD 750 200 Alpha-1485 Belovich and Brose 1992
33Su92 Greenwood Village Level 3 (26-36 cmbs), north half, TU 10; TL Limestone-tempered Sherd Late Woodland 1110 170 AD 840 170 Alpha-1486 Belovich and Brose 1992
33Su99 Hines Hill Conf. Center Feature 1 pit in TU 3 Charcoal Whittlesey 890 40 AD 1060 40 Beta-96185 MWAC files
33Su121 Schmidt (Everett Church) Feature 1 hearth/oven, 40 cmbs, CM sherds Wood Charcoal Middle Woodland 1800 50 AD 150 50 Beta-147192 Bauermeister 2002
33Su121 Schmidt Pit Wood Charcoal Archaic 3800 40 1850 BC 40 Beta-160193 Bauermeister 2002
33Su121 Schmidt Linear feature Wood Charcoal Whittlesey 650 40 AD 1300 40 Beta-160194 Bauermeister 2002
33Su136 Kepner House Feature 23, TU2, 50-60 cmbs FCR cluster Wood Charcoal Late Archaic 3850 100 1900 BC 100 Beta-147366 MWAC files
33Su138 Stanford Knoll Cuyahoga Cordmarked sherd (TL-date) Grit-tempered Sherd Late Woodland 1330 150 AD 620 150 Alpha-2621 Lee 1986
33Su138 Stanford Knoll Leimbach Thick sherd from ST 31, F. 6 (TL-date) Grit-tempered Sherd Early Woodland 2850 300 900 BC 300 Alpha-2622 Lee 1986
33Su138 Stanford Knoll Feature 1 - Flint Ridge bladelets & McGraw CM Wood Charcoal Middle Woodland 1650 60 AD 300 60 Beta-15011 Lee 1986
33Su138 Stanford Knoll Feature 11 Wood Charcoal Middle Woodland 1780 60 AD 170 60 Beta-15012 Lee 1986
no # Szalay House Feature 6 postmold with MW ceramics and mica Wood Charcoal Middle Woodland 1770 60 AD 180 60 Beta-122443 Richner and Volf 2000; Volf 2000
no # Szalay House Feature 13 postmold with many MW ceramics Wood Charcoal Middle Woodland 1810 60 AD 140 60 Beta-122444 Richner and Volf 2000; Volf 2000
no # Szalay House Feature 4 postmold with MW ceramics Wood Charcoal Middle Woodland 1740 60 AD 210 60 Beta-122445 Richner and Volf 2000; Volf 2000
no # Szalay House Feature 5 roasting oven has MW ceramics and mica Wood Charcoal Middle Woodland 1700 60 AD 250 60 Beta-122446 Richner and Volf 2000; Volf 2000
no # Szalay House Feature 5 roasting oven has MW ceramics and mica Wood Charcoal Middle Woodland 1660 60 AD 290 60 Beta-122447 Richner and Volf 2000; Volf 2000
no # Szalay House Feature 5 roasting oven has MW ceramics and mica Wood Charcoal Middle Woodland 1680 60 AD 270 60 Beta-122448 Richner and Volf 2000; Volf 2000
no # Szalay House Feature 22, 35-40 cmbs, MW bladelet, CM sherds Charred nut hull (AMS) Middle Woodland 1620 40 AD 330 40 Beta-147367 Richner and Volf 2000; Volf 2000
no # Point Farm House Feature 1 - roasting oven Wood Charcoal Middle Woodland 1680 60 AD 270 60 Beta-96182 Richner, Volf, and Bauermeister 2001
no # Botzum Farm House Feature 1 (burned area) in TU 1 at 50 cmbs Wood Charcoal Whittlesey 630 50 AD 1320 50 Beta-96183 MWAC files
no # CUVA 1997-1 Roasting oven eroding into river Wood Charcoal Late Historic 170 50 AD 1780 50 Beta-119018 MWAC files
no # CUVA 1997-2 Feature 2 - roasting oven in TU 1 Wood Charcoal Late Woodland 1250 60 AD 700 60 Beta-119019 MWAC files
no # CUVA 1997-2 Feature 2 - roasting oven in TU 1 Wood Charcoal Late Woodland 1060 60 AD 890 60 Beta-119020 MWAC files
no # CUVA 1997-2 N103-105, E95-96, roasting oven at 180 cmbs Wood Charcoal Late Woodland 1250 60 AD 700 60 Beta-147191 MWAC files
no # CUVA 1997-2 N103-105, E95-96, roasting oven at 180 cmbs Wood Charcoal Late Woodland 1270 70 AD 680 70 Beta-147365 MWAC files
The following sites are close to CUVA.
Site No. Site Name Feature and Stratigraphic Position Material Dated Archeological Uncorrected C14 age Uncorrected age Lab. No. Reference
Culture Years B.P. S.D. A.D. or B.C. S.D.
33Cu7 Tuttle Hill (Pemco) Pemco interchange, pit salvaged under midden Bone Whittlesey 900 100 AD 1050 100 DIC-14 Sumodi 1974
33Cu34 Squaw Rockshelter Cultural Level II - Kirk, St. Albans, lanceolate Charcoal Archaic 9480 160 7530 BC 160 DIC-586 Brose 1989
33Cu34 Squaw Rockshelter Cultural Level I - Brewerton Charcoal Archaic 7450 85 5500 BC 85 DIC-321 Brose 1989
33Cu224 Staas Feature 116 (45-49 cm) Wood Charcoal Whittlesey 610 70 AD 1340 70 Beta-28995 Belovich 1986
33Su18 Krill Cave Feature 4 Charcoal Archaic 3980 130 2030 BC 130 DIC-316 Prufer et al. 1989
33Su18 Krill Cave Feature 5 Charcoal Archaic 3340 65 1390 BC 65 DIC-317 Prufer et al. 1989
33Su18 Krill Cave Feature 6 Charcoal between EW & LW 1750 375 AD 200 375 DIC-318 Prufer et al. 1989
33Su18 Krill Cave Feature 1 with Fayette Thick sherds Charcoal Early Woodland 1705 75 AD 245 75 UGA-1528 Prufer et al. 1989
33Su18 Krill Cave Feature 7 Charcoal Early Woodland 2095 95 145 BC 95 UGA-1529 Prufer et al. 1989
33Su18 Krill Cave Feature 8 Charcoal Early Woodland 1795 265 AD 155 265 UGA-1530 Prufer et al. 1989
33Su18 Krill Cave Feature 1 with Whittlesey sherds Charcoal Whittlesey 405 80 AD 1545 80 UGA-1531 Prufer et al. 1989
no # Gillie Rockshelter Shallow hearth with Whittlesey sherds Wood Charcoal Whittlesey 1745 130 AD 205 130 GX-2455 Bernhardt 1973
Key:
EW Early Woodland
MW Middle Woodland
LW Late Woodland
XU Excavation Unit
TU Test Unit
CM Cordmarked
Notes: 1. More than one date has been published for CWRU-2A. The age of this sample remains uncertain because the CWRU laboratory never submitted their dating results to the journal Radiocarbon.
2. All dates in this table were backchecked against the published results in the journal Radiocarbon whenever possible.
3. Middle Historic and Late Historic used above follow definitions in Quimby (1966).


References Cited

Bauermeister, Ann
2002 Archeological Inventory and Evaluative Testing for Proposed Developments at 33SU121 Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Summit County, Ohio. Preliminary Report. Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Belovich, Stephanie J.
1986 The Staas Site (33Cu224): 1985 Excavations. Archaeological Research Reports No. 66. Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland.

Belovich, Stephanie J., and David S. Brose
1982 Survey and Evaluative Testing within the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area: Sites 33Su87 and 33Su102. Archaeology Research Reports No. 40. Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland.
1992 Late Woodland Fortifications in Northern Ohio: The Greenwood Village Site. Kirtlandia 47:3-23. Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland.

Bernhardt, Jack E.
1973 Gillie Rockshelter: A Late Woodland Phase in Summit County, Ohio. Unpublished Master’s Thesis. Kent State University, Kent.

Brose, David S.
1973 Preliminary Analysis of Recent Excavations at the South Park Site, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. The Pennsylvania Archaeologist 43(1):25-52.
1989 The Squaw Rockshelter (33CU34): A Stratified Archaic Deposit in Cuyahoga County. Kirtlandia 44:17-53. Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland.
1994 The South Park Village Site and the Late Prehistoric Whittlesey Tradition of Northeast Ohio. Monographs in World Archaeology No. 20. Prehistory Press, Madison, Wisconsin.

Brose, David S., Stephanie Belovich, Michael W. Brooslin, Robert Burns, John Hall, Harold Haller, Christopher Pierce, and Carl C. Ubbelohde
1981 Archaeological Investigations in the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area. Archaeological Research Reports No. 30:1-586. Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland.

Finney, Fred A.
1997 Archaeological Investigations at Selected Sites in the Cuyahoga River Valley, Cuyahoga and Summit Counties, Ohio. Reports of Investigation No. 467. Institute for Minnesota Archaeology, Minneapolis.

Lee, Alfred M.
1986 Excavations at the Stanford Knoll Site, Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area, Summit County, Ohio. Archaeological Research Reports No. 65(1). Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland.

Prufer, Olaf H., Dana A. Long, and Donald J. Metzger
1989 Krill Cave: A Stratified Rockshelter in Summit County, Ohio. Kent State Research Papers in Archaeology No. 8. Kent State University Press, Kent.

Richner, Jeffrey J., and William J. Volf
2000 Front Yard Archeology: Hopewellian Occupation at the Szalay Site. Hopewell Archaeology Newsletter 4(1):10-11. Copy on file, Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Richner, Jeffrey J., William J. Volf, and Ann Bauermeister
2001 Archeological Inventory and Evaluative Test Excavations at the Historic Point Farm, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Boston Township, Summit County, Ohio. Draft manuscript version of a Technical Report. Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Sumodi, A. J.
1974 Radioisotopes Laboratory Radiocarbon Date List I. Radiocarbon 16(2):166-177.

Volf, William J.
2000 The Szalay Site: Hopewellian Occupation in Northeastern Ohio. Unpublished Master’s Thesis. Department of Anthropology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

Zalesky, James M.
1986 Archeological Investigation at the Vaughn Site (33Cu65), Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area, Ohio. Occasional Studies in Anthropology No. 18. Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service, Lincoln, Nebraska.