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- Lab number
- Beta-75286
- Material dated
- Charcoal
- Type of date
- Archaeological
- Locality
- Montezuma
- Date uploaded
- January 15, 2024
- Updater
- Wyoming team
- Date updated
- December 31, 2020
- Normalized Age
- 1080 ± 50
- Context
- Pithouse 1, Feature 5 (hearth), considered to be part of the BM III/ P I component. Square with rounded Zea maysers. Meas. 4.5 x 4.5 m; existing depth is 1.4 m, inferred to have been 2.12 m deep. Area of 20.59 sq m. Three stratigraphic layers recognized, including two, which contained portions of roof fall. Floor features: four large post holes toward each Zea mayser, 6 shallow depressions filled with sand that are interpreted as pot rests, several other larger pits (storage?), a pot buried beneath the floor with a sandstone lid used for storage, warming pits, wingwall and deflector. ladder rests, vent shaft in the S wall eextending 1.6 m. Numerous artifacts in fill and on floor, including a Chapin Gray pitcher on the floor and a Chapin B/W bowl in the ventshaft. Several activitiy areas identified within the structure, based on artifact distribution.