CARD fuzzes location data for public visitors to the database. Accessing CARD's full capabilities requires an account available only to researchers at accredited institutions.
United States / CO / La Plata County / 5LP185 / Beta-202517
- Lab number
- Beta-202517
- 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
- 1400 ± 40
- δ13C (per mil)
- -11.9
- Context
- hearth in Feature 3 Pit Structure. Subrectangular structure oriented ESE. Has a full bench, ca 50 cm wide 60 cm tall, 4 main support post holes, wing walls, deflector, bifurcated ventilator system and numerous pits. The latter include 2 bell-shaped pits, 2 slab-lined bins. Structure is relatively straight walled, no evidence of plaster on walls or floor. Meas. 6.10 x 5.40 cm in dia; 2.23 cm deep. Structure was not burned; few floor artifacts, indicating a planned abandonment Located in Locus 2 along with Pit Structure F-45. Feature 3 is the earliest. After its abandonment, it was filled by sterile sediments from the prehistoric excavation of F-45. The inhabitants of F-45 then used F-3 as a trash dump. Fill also contained 2 inhumations and the remains of a third individual scattered in the fill.
- Additional information
- AMS