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Lab number
Beta-133589
Material dated
Charcoal
Type of date
Archaeological
Locality
Montezuma
Date uploaded
January 15, 2024
Updater
Wyoming team
Date updated
December 31, 2020
Normalized Age
900 ± 40
Context
Feature 2 roasting pit, was truncated by Feature 1; also disturbed by the MAPL pipeline trench and plow zone. Extant portion meas. 52 cm x at least 40 cm, 34 cm deep. Upper fill was post-abandonment refuse. Lower fill was primary refuse, with ash, charcoal, and abundant burned adobe pieces. The latter may have been put in the pit for heat retention. Zea mays cupules, tomatillo, beeweed, squash, purslane present in fill of both pits.

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