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Lab number
I-6544
Material dated
Charcoal
Type of date
Archaeological
Locality
Boulder
Date uploaded
January 15, 2024
Updater
Wyoming team
Date updated
December 31, 2020
Measured Age
5880 ± 120
Significance
Middle Archaic; Archaïque moyen
Context
shallow basin hearth on erosion surface at the base of the loess, square 2S/2W, overlain by 8 cm of loess. From same hearth as sample I-6544. Shallow, basin hearth in the SE Zea mayser of grid 2S/2W. Irregularly oval in plan, 44 x 33 cm in dia., 9 cm deep. Sediments beneath the hearth were oxidized. Contained no artifacts, but burned flakes of chert and chalcedony occurred in the immediate vicinity.
Additional information
radiometric

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