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Lab number
Beta-140402
Material dated
Charcoal
Type of date
Archaeological
Locality
San Juan
Date uploaded
January 18, 2024
Updater
Wyoming Team
Date updated
December 31, 2020
Normalized Age
100 ± 50
Context
Feature 1, Block 2, visible on the surface as an amorphous 2 m sq charcoal stain from which high densities of artifacts and processed bone were eroding. The feature was completely deflated and meas. ca. 55 x 80 cm. Highly oxidized bedrockwas exposed at the base of the feature. Fill contained 65 pieces of debitage 1 charred globemallow seed and a fragment of charred processed edible tissue (succulent, fleshy fruit, berry). Charred and uncharred bone (n = 264), and pine and juniper charcoal was also present. Identifiable bone: cottontail, large mammals. The feature was closely assoc. with several projectile points and bifaces. Interpreted as an intensive faunal processing and cooking area.
Comments
Feature described as a food processing feature with lithic flakes and animal bones ranging from rabbit-sized to bison-sized

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