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- Lab number
- Beta-8116
- Material dated
- Charcoal
- Type of date
- Archaeological
- Locality
- Gunnison
- Date uploaded
- January 15, 2024
- Updater
- Wyoming team
- Date updated
- December 31, 2020
- Measured Age
- 2000 ± 60
- Context
- wood charcoal from Feature 13, Hearth A. Feature 13, containing 1 or 2 major concentrations of artifacts in an area of cobbles covering 6 sq m (I don't know if this is the extent of the feature.. Tho hearths, 34 pieces of debitage, 10 FSTs, 2 expedient tools and 1000+ bone frags were recovered in the fill of the feature. Two hearths present, A and B, ca. 2 m apart. Hearth A: basin shaped, oval, with 2 contiguous parts. Main area meas. 100 x 70 cm., 25 cm deep. Smaller part meas. ca 55 x 45 cm, 11 cm deep. Found 10-15 cm bmgs. Filled with FCR and charcoal. Pockets of charcoal were scattered around the hearth
References
- Jones, 1984
- Rossillon, Mary P. (1984) The Curecanti Project: The Archaeology of Marion, an Historic Railroad Camp in Curecanti National Recreation Area, Colorado. Midwest Archaeological Center Occasional Studies in Anthropology No. 5, National Park Service, Midwest Archaeological Center, Lincoln, Nebraska.