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- Lab number
- Beta-223717
- Material dated
- Charcoal
- Type of date
- Archaeological
- Locality
- Moffat
- Date uploaded
- January 15, 2024
- Updater
- Wyoming team
- Date updated
- December 31, 2020
- Normalized Age
- 360 ± 60
- δ13C (per mil)
- -23.9
- Context
- Feature 27, a pit meas. 82 x 75 cm in dia., 23 cm deep; originated 12 cm bmgs. Steep-sided with a relatively flat bottom. It originated at the occupation surface and had been excavated into Stratum 2. Sides and bottom were heavily oxidized. Fill was stratified with a dense charcoal layer atop a thicker layer of gray-brown silt. FCR and faunal remains were abundant throughout the fill. A total of 65 pieces of FCR that appeared to be concentrated at 4 different levels. Artifacts: 4 pieces of debitage plus 3 tiny pieces in the flotation sample. Obsidian present. A total of 125 bone frags. recovered, including 6 bison tooth frags., some medium-large mammal bone; 68 specimens were burned. Interpreted as a roasting pit most likely used for cooking meat, probably bison. Assigned to Component 1.