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Lab number
Beta-153886
Material dated
Charcoal
Type of date
Archaeological
Locality
Rio Blanco
Date uploaded
January 15, 2024
Updater
Wyoming team
Date updated
December 31, 2020
Normalized Age
1030 ± 60
Context
Feature 1 hearth matrix. Partially deflated hearth basin in the SE part of Block A. FCR and ash were eroding downslope. Hearth meas. ca. 59 x 72 cm; gently sloping sides and an oxidation rind along outer edges; 12 cm deep. 85 fired cobbles and spalls weighing 5.8 kg were found in the matrix; 46 were 5 cm or less in dia. Flotation found 17 minute, burned Zea mays cob frags. and 2 charred Zea mays kernel frags.

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