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Lab number
Beta-212307
Material dated
Charcoal
Type of date
Archaeological
Locality
Moffat
Date uploaded
January 15, 2024
Updater
Wyoming team
Date updated
December 31, 2020
Normalized Age
500 ± 40
δ13C (per mil)
-25.2
Stratigraphic component
13 cm bmgs
Context
Feature 9, a pit meas. 36 x 30 cm in dia., 12 cm deep; originated at 13 cm bmgs. It was excavated into Stratum 2. No oxidation or FCR. Fill was a gray-brown silt with charcoal flecks and chunks. Artifacts: 12 pieces of debitage, a proj pt tip, 6 sherds. Also 60 tiny lithic frags found in the flotation sample. Sherds are body and rim sherds, probably from at least 2 vessels. Faunal remains included 458 bone frags, including bison, fetal bison; burning present on 184 specimens. Feature may have been a secondary waste pit; date is anomalously early and may represent dead wood.

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