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Lab number
Beta-132508
Material dated
Charcoal
Type of date
Archaeological
Locality
Uintah
Date uploaded
January 18, 2024
Updater
Wyoming Team
Date updated
December 31, 2020
Normalized Age
400 ± 70
Context
Feature 15, in the NW part of the site, not in an excavation block; only partly excavated. Interpreted as a hearth/roasting pit. It was visible on the surface as a heavily stained area of soil. The excavated part meas. 88 x 55 cm, 5 cm deep. Fill contained 3 flakes, 1 proj pt frag., 2 mano frags.(one used to grind minerals), 1 obsidian flake sourced to the Malad area in SE Idaho. Other material in the fill: juniper charcoal, 560 bones from deer to bison sized mammals--all charred.
Comments
Hearth feature 88 by 55cm; associated with chipped-stone and ground stone tools and animal bones

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