Multitechnique dating of earthen irrigation canals at the La Playa site, Sonora, Mexico

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• irrigation canal 85%
• playa 79%
• canal 59%
• dating 49%
• floodplain 35%
• luminescence 27%
• maize 22%
• agricultural technology 18%
• erosion 17%
• cultural change 17%
• luminescence dating 16%
• irrigation system 14%
• accelerator mass spectrometry 14%
• subsistence 13%
• gastropod 13%
• archaeological site 13%
• charcoal 13%
• ceramics 11%
• sediment 6%
• soil 5%

Arts & Humanities

• Canals 89%
• Irrigation 76%
• Mexico 55%
• Optically Stimulated Luminescence 54%
• Floodplain 40%
• Maize 24%
• Erosion 20%
• Single Grain 17%
• Luminescence Dating 17%
• Accelerator Mass Spectrometry 15%
• Preceramic 15%
• Subsistence Strategies 14%
• Ceramic Traditions 14%
• Irrigation Systems 13%
• Burial Practices 12%
• Charcoal 12%
• Sediment 11%
• Cultural Change 10%
• Archaeological Sites 9%
• Soil 8%

Social Sciences

• Floodplains 100%
• irrigation 78%
• Mexico 51%
• erosion 45%
• Irrigation systems 31%
• funeral 24%
• agricultural product 22%
• cultural change 22%