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Lab number
Beta-212485
Material dated
Sediment
Type of date
Archaeological
Locality
Moffat
Date uploaded
January 15, 2024
Updater
Wyoming team
Date updated
December 31, 2020
Normalized Age
4290 ± 70
δ13C (per mil)
-22.6
Stratigraphic component
65 cm bmgs
Context
Feature 13, a deep irregular pit originating 65 cm bmgs, below the Spring Creek Paleosol; entirely within the lighter sand stratum beneath the Paleosol. No lining, no charcoal or FCR. Meas. 103 x 77 cm in dia., 35 cm thick. Artifacts: 29 pieces of debitage (ca. 1/2 Bridger Formation chert, plus other CCS), 8 bone frags. The relatively large amt of debitage suggests that the hearth functioned as a discard locale after its use as an expedient hearth. Because 5 of the bone frags. were burned, the feature is interpreted as a cooking pit of animal food, although the bone may have been discarded into the pit.

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