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- Lab number
- Beta-81721
- Material dated
- Charcoal
- Type of date
- Archaeological
- Locality
- Montezuma
- Date uploaded
- January 15, 2024
- Updater
- Wyoming team
- Date updated
- December 31, 2020
- Normalized Age
- 2210 ± 60
- δ13C (per mil)
- -25.6
- Context
- One of 2 dates from Feature 2 pitstructure. Small shallow, 4.5 x 4.2 m in dia. (18.9 sq m), ca. 20 cm deep, with a central hearth(1 upright stone slab), 3 unlined pits (all in N half), and 20 postholes. One of the pits was bell-shaped, expanding to twice its width. Fill contained flakes. Altogether 2,007 artifacts were recovered from the fill, down to 5 cm above the floor. These included: 1,990 pieces of deitage, 11 bifaces, 3 proj pts, 2 GS frags, 1 core, and 1 bone awl. These artifacts are thought to represent an intensive reoccupation of the site after abandonment of the structure. Roof supported by 5 primary posts located around the hearth and 15 secondary posts along the interior wall of the structure. Flotation indicated that the roof was juniper posts and brush. Walls probably had a similar construction. Floor fill artifacts: 792 debitage, with slightly more found in the NW quadrant, but no distinct clustering. No info from flotation re subsistence. Floor artifacts: 35 flakes, 2 polishing stones, 2 hammerstones, 3 bifaces, 2 proj pt frags., core, core tool, and several GS frags, indicating both lithic reduction and food processing inside the structure. 38 flakes also recovered from hearth.