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Lab number
Beta-117370
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
1900 ± 60
Context
Pit Structure 2, Component 1, W side of Block 3, irregularly shaped, somewhat subrectangular, meas 5.07 x 3.0 m. The pit has 2 distinct areas: the NW portion is fairly shallow, 20-25 cm deep, with a relatively flat floor; and the SE part, which contains a steep sided, basin shaped inner pit meas. 2.25 x 1.8 m, 50-60 cm deep. Usable floor space in the deeper part is slightly less than 1 m in di. No postholes detected; no floor artifacts. Structure contained stratified fill. The 2 lower strata contained numerous charcoal flecks, burned sandstone, river cobbles, and pieces of burned adobe. Lowest stratum was very dark grayish-brown, with a higher artifact count than in the other strata. The decision to call this a pit structure is based on the size of the pit, the presence of a hearth (Feature 67), and the large amount of adobe, indicating that the pit was roofed. The structure was destroyed by fire. Zea mays cupules from the hearth.

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