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Lab number
Beta-99937
Material dated
Wood
Type of date
Archaeological
Locality
Mesa
Date uploaded
January 15, 2024
Updater
Wyoming team
Date updated
December 31, 2020
Normalized Age
1580 ± 30
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Stratigraphic component
ca 40 cm bmgs
Context
Feature 2, ca. 40 cm bmgs, ca. 1 m inside the drip line. It consisted of a cluster of at least 9 carbonized sticks/branches, oriented in roughly the same direction. The sticks were horizontal and seemed to lie on an occupational surface and were situated on the NE edge of a dark, charcoal stained area with diffuse boundaries containing FCRs. Feature 2 may represent the remnants of the superstructure of a small dish shaped house, heavily disturbed by later occupants. Alternatively, it may have been the remains of a highly disturbed hearth/roasting pit, and the sticks may have been incompletely burned fuel that was raked up onto the edge of the feature. The unit in which Feature 2 was situated yeilded 75 flakes, 4 biface frags. The sediments associated with stained area under the sticks yielded 21 flakes and a considerable amount of burned rock. The feature is placed in Component 3

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