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Lab number
Beta-143159
Material dated
Charcoal
Type of date
Archaeological
Locality
Grand
Date uploaded
January 18, 2024
Updater
Wyoming Team
Date updated
December 31, 2020
Normalized Age
2270 ± 50
Stratigraphic component
175 cm bmgs
Context
Feature 4, Locus 2, liscovered ca. 1.75 m bmgs. Feature 4was a concentration of charcoal, ash, and FCR. The main concentrtion of the feature was ovoid, 115 x 90 cm. The entire feature, including the surrounding oxidized soil, was rectangular, 195 x 109 cm. Fill was 3 to 8 cm deep. Interpreted as a hearth or roasting pit. Fill contained charcoal from local plants (sagebrush, rabbitbrush, greasewood, saltbush), 1 charred Chenopodium seed, 1 charred Cheno-Am seed.
Comments
Feature is an oval roasting pit 115 by 90cm and 3 to 8cm deep; associated with FCR but no other artifacts

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