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Lab number
Beta-161577
Material dated
Seeds
Taxa dated
Zea mays, cob
Type of date
Archaeological
Locality
Garfield
Date uploaded
January 18, 2024
Updater
Wyoming Team
Date updated
December 31, 2020
Normalized Age
1200 ± 80
δ13C (per mil)
-8.6
Context
Corn cob; Cist 2 fill. Covered by a large sandstone slab (ca. 33 cm in dia.), with several small slabs probruding out from under the cover slab. Oval opening ca. 40 cm in dia.; 18 cm deep, base about 16 cm in dia. Filled with eolian sand, grass, sticks, pinenut hulls, 1 corn cob, a few flakes
Comments
Sample recovered from a cone-shaped cist 40 cm in diameter at the top and 16cm in diameter at the bottom; 18cm deep; capstone still in place

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