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Lab number
Beta-117466
Material dated
Charcoal
Type of date
Archaeological
Locality
Montrose
Date uploaded
January 15, 2024
Updater
Wyoming team
Date updated
December 31, 2020
Normalized Age
2060 ± 70
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Context
Structure 2, Locus 3, fill from shallow basin house located ca. 1 m NW of Structure 1. It was ovoid, meas. 2.60 x 2.30, excluding the entryway, 15 cm deep below the prehistoric ground surface. The entryway (NW side of structure) meas. 60 cm long, 70 cm wide. The interior area, excluding the entryway, was 4.7 sq m. It had 4 post abutments along the N structure wall. The floor was unprepared, gently sloping upward to the prehistoric ground surface, except for a low embankment along the N wall. Structure fill was heavily charcoal stained soil; the floor was only slightly oxidized. The majority of artifacts were in the lower part of the fill. The 4 post abutments were cut into a low embankment; all were roughly the same size: 1-14 cm across, 4-8 cm deep. These abutments suggest that a substantial superstructure existed; however, no large pieces of wood were in the fill. A hearth was present on the W side of the floor, meas. 45 x 35 cm, 5 cm deep, with small sandstone blocks along the W rim of the hearth. Hearth fill was the same as the structure fill. Subfloor exploration found 5 microflakes. Floor artifacts: 19 flakes, 1 possible Rosegate proj pt, 3 FSTs, 1 one-hand mano, 1 sandstone disc, a clay effigy head (?), 5 bone frags. (4 were rabbit sized), 2 charred Chenopodium seeds, charred juniper wood, 1 charred Rosaceae seed, 2 charred Zea mays cupules, and 1 charred Zea mays kernel. Pollen from ground stone was dominated by pinyon and juniper. Two other C14 dates were submitted; one is Zea mays (B-139120)

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