A 2022 Texas Journal of Science study by Wade E. Miller and colleagues reported Equus cf. mexicanus, E. cf. conversidens and E. cf. tau at Rancho Carabanchel, San Luis Potosí. The authors linked E. cf. mexicanus remains to charcoal calibrated to AD 1025–1165—about 330–470 years before Columbus. The date came from associated charcoal, not the horse bone itself.
Rancho Carabanchel study links horses to AD 1025–1165 charcoal
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Key facts
- Wade E. Miller and colleagues published “Post-Pleistocene Horses (Equus) from México” in the Texas Journal of Science in 2022, not in 2020 under “W.D. Miller.”
- Rancho Carabanchel is in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. The study reported 19 radiocarbon determinations associated with fossil and stratigraphic material.
- The reported taxa were Equus cf. mexicanus, E. cf. conversidens and E. cf. tau; the source retains the open “cf.” qualifiers.
- Reported calibrated horse-associated intervals include approximately 1660–1508 BC, 1544–1424 BC, 548–400 BC, AD 73–226, AD 86–242 and AD 253–542.
- A charcoal sample associated with E. cf. mexicanus calibrated to AD 1025–1165. That interval is roughly 330–470 years before 1492; “nearly 500 years before Columbus” describes only its early end.
- The youngest date came from associated charcoal, not direct dating of horse bone. An E. cf. mexicanus mandible was recovered from a layer containing human lithic artifacts.
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