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- Lab number
- Beta-129310
- Material dated
- Charcoal
- Type of date
- Archaeological
- Locality
- Mesa
- Date uploaded
- January 15, 2024
- Updater
- Wyoming team
- Date updated
- December 31, 2020
- Normalized Age
- 1260 ± 60
- Stratigraphic component
- 21 cm bmgs
- Context
- Feature 4, a hearth ca. 25 cm behind the drip line, originating 21 cm bmgs. Irregularly shaped, 80 x 40 cm, 19 cm thick. Fill was dark, ashy sand with FCR and charcoal concentrations. At least 15 FCRs were present, weighing 0.5 kg. The feature margins were oxidized. Artifacts in the fill: 1 utilized flake, 91 pieces of debitage. Macrobotanical remains: 162 goosefoot seeds, 2 bugseeds, 2 grass seeds, 1 wild raspberry seed; all were carbonized. Also present: charcoal of serviceberry, juniper, and pinyon. Faunal remains: 105+ mammal bone fragments, all burned, and 4 unburned lizard bones. Feature is interpreted as a hearth used for food preparation and for refuse. Associated with Component 4.