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- Lab number
- Beta-140073
- Material dated
- Seeds
- Taxa dated
- Zea mays
- Type of date
- Archaeological
- Locality
- La Plata
- Date uploaded
- January 15, 2024
- Updater
- Wyoming team
- Date updated
- December 31, 2020
- Normalized Age
- 1850 ± 40
- Context
- Feature 52, a bell-shaped cist, Component 1, Block 5. Located ca. 1 m S of Feature 13, another bell-shaped cist. The opening was 111-114 cm in dia., tapering to90 x 92 cm at 60 cm below the prehistoric ground surface, then tapering again to a floor dimension of 70 x 74 cm at 130 cm below the prehistoric ground surface. It had an estimated volume of 0.78 cubic m. 3 slabs lined the N and E sides of the opening. Fill was brown with numerous charcoal flecks and a few pieces of burned adobe. No artifacts. The C14 sample was from the lower fill. Fill contained Zea mays kernels, numerous Zea mays cupules, charred pursland and Indian ricegrass seeds