Radiocarbon Dating and the Little Gap

Conference Paper

Radiocarbon Dating and the Little Gap

Bruce Bourque

Abstract

The period between the end of the Susquehanna tradition and the appearance of Vintette I pottery in Maine remains a stark void in comparison to the millennia before and after it. One approach to understanding what may have been going on during the little gap is to examine the radiocarbon-dated components that appear to fall within its limits. Such an examination appears to offer little evidence that the gap is being narrowed by these new data.