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- Lab number
- Beta-117365
- Material dated
- Charcoal
- Type of date
- Archaeological
- Locality
- La Plata
- Date uploaded
- January 15, 2024
- Updater
- Wyoming team
- Date updated
- December 31, 2020
- Normalized Age
- 1710 ± 50
- Stratigraphic component
- 100 cm bmgs
- Context
- Feature 59, a bell-shaped cist located near the E end of the row of cists in Block 4 Component 1. It meas 98 x 111 cm at the opening, tapering to 84 x 88 cm in dia. at 50 cm below the prehistoric ground surface, expanding to a maximum dimension of 135 x 130 cm at 100 cm bmgs; floor was basin shaped with a maximum depth of 100 cm bmgs. Floor was smooth and compact. Within the opening was a sandstone, oval slab, apparently a cover. Volume is estimated at 0.88 cubic m. Fill was homogeneous reddish brown silt, moderate amount of charcoal, burned adobe, and small stones. Artifacts: 1 flake, 1 scraping tool, 1 biface, and 7 bone frags. (1 cottontail 3 rabbit sized, 2 coyote sized and 1 deer sized). C14 sample was from charcoal in the lower fill.