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Lab number
Beta-131050
Material dated
Charcoal
Type of date
Archaeological
Locality
Montezuma
Date uploaded
January 15, 2024
Updater
Wyoming team
Date updated
December 31, 2020
Normalized Age
7340 ± 60
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Context
Feature 1, an unburned, unlined pit, U-shaped, ca. 48 cm in dia., 29 cm deep; partly destroyed by trench construction. Inferred to have originated at level of Activity Area 1 use surface, a stratigraphic break ca. 90 cm bmgs. Two strata were present: Stratum 1, a dense concentration of burned adobe with a few pieces of charcoal, and Stratum 2, mixed alluvium and a moderately dense concentration of charcoal. Stratum 2 fill contained charred pine and juniper fuel wood (C14 sample was from this charcoal). Pit walls and floor were not oxidized. Function of Feature 1 is unknown.

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