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Lab number
Beta-131523
Material dated
Charcoal
Type of date
Archaeological
Locality
Mesa
Date uploaded
January 15, 2024
Updater
Wyoming team
Date updated
December 31, 2020
Normalized Age
2560 ± 70
Context
Feature 1, an oval hearth meas. 68 x 52 cm in dia,. 15 cm thick. Consists of a concentration of fire-cracked basalt spalls amid charcoal staining in a shallow basin. Over 100 FCRs weighing 9.5 kg were recovered. Lower part of fill, underlying the rock, is black, charcoal-rich silty clay. FCR surrounds the feature in an area meas. 3 x 1.8 m. Charcoal was greasewood. Found in Alpine Archaeological Consultants' Test Unit 2.

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