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United States / CO / La Plata County / 5LP185 / Beta-202518
- Lab number
- Beta-202518
- 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
- 1310 ± 40
- δ13C (per mil)
- -11.1
- Context
- hearth in Feature 10 Pit Structure located in Locus 1. Subrectangular, meas. 6.0 x 3.75 m in dia, 1.29 m deep; Zea maysers aligned approximately to the cardinal directions. Structure itself aligned to the SW. Striaght sided, with wing walls, 4 post support system (2 of the postholes adjacent to the wing walls. Wing walls constructed of posts, SS slabs, and exhausted metates stabilized with mortar. Possible ventilator was present, but the area was highly disturbed and morphology could not be determined. No bench present No evidence of formal preparation of the walls and floor. Central hearth had an adobe collar that ha been remodeled 2 times. Goosefoot/pigweed, groundcherry seed, purslane seed, and Zea mays from the early hearth. When the hearth was enlarged, it was lined with slabs. Surrounding sediments heavily oxidized. Ten pits found in the floor. Charred goosefoot/pigweed seeds and Zea mays cupules were recovered from a bell-shaped pit in the Zea mayser. Function of other pits is uncertain. Few artifacts on the floor, indicating what is interpreted as a planned abandonment. Artifacts that were on the floor include, but are not limited to fauna (deer jackrabbit, cottontail rabbit, duck, lue grouse, prairie chicken/grouse/ptarmigan, other birds, 5 pieces of GS, Rosa/Piedra sherds, redware sherds, 2 proj pts and other FSTs. Fill contained a section of burned roof material that had fallen into the structure after abandonment. Two intrusive features present in the upper fill: isolated human remains and modern fence posts.
- Additional information
- AMS