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Lab number
Beta-197181
Material dated
Seeds
Taxa dated
Zea mays
Type of date
Archaeological
Locality
La Plata
Date uploaded
January 15, 2024
Updater
Wyoming team
Date updated
December 31, 2020
Normalized Age
1620 ± 40
δ13C (per mil)
-10.7
Context
Feature 1, a slab-lined pit.- located in Locus 1. Meas. 94 x 81 cm in dia., 19 cm deep. Basin-shaped and almost completely lined with SS slabs. Slabs only slightly burned, but fill contained oxidized material including burned adobe in the upper fill. One Zea mays cupule found in fill, along with a few seeds from wild plants. Perhaps had an adobe collar. Interpreted as having been used for storage, later used as a roasting pit as indicated by the oxidation. Feature 1 truncated Feature 4 pit.
Additional information
AMS

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