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- Lab number
- Beta-129314
- Material dated
- Charcoal
- Type of date
- Archaeological
- Locality
- Mesa
- Date uploaded
- January 15, 2024
- Updater
- Wyoming team
- Date updated
- December 31, 2020
- Normalized Age
- 1160 ± 50
- Stratigraphic component
- 47 cm bmgs
- Context
- Feature 8, a hearth originating 47 cm bmgs, just inside the drip line. Partially destroyed by the excavation of Feature 6. Remaining portion indicated that it was ca. 65 cm in dia., 24 cm deep, fairly deep basin shaped. Fill was dark sand with charcoal flecking. 5 FCRs from fill weighed 1.0 kg. No oxidation. Fill contained 1 core and 55 pieces of debitage.Macrobot. remains included 43 goosefoot seeds, 2 grass seeds, and carbonized wood of alder, pinyon, juniper, oak. All seeds were carbonized. Faunal remains: jackrabbit, cottontail, 80 small fragmented mammal bones. All were burned except the jackrabbit. Feature 8 in interpreted as a hearth, used primarily for cooking. Feature is assoc. with Component 4.