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Lab number
Beta-6128
Material dated
Charcoal
Type of date
Archaeological
Locality
Montezuma
Date uploaded
January 15, 2024
Updater
Wyoming team
Date updated
December 31, 2020
Measured Age
1630 ± 70
Context
Feature 1, a slab-lined thermal feature. Meas. 1.47 x 1.26 m in dia., 22 cm deep. All of the slabs were unshaped except for 1 well-used metate. Slabs were oxidized. Originally identified by the tops of the slabs on the surface. Lower 14 cm of fill was charcoal stained loam which was collected for flotation. Artifacts in fill: 1 used obsidian flake, 8 pieces of debitage, 1 shaped slab, 2 abrading stones, 1 basin metate, 1 bone frag. and a few other pieces of unidentifiable stone debris. Large number of seeds also in fill: pigweed, goosefoot, lettuce, juniper, sego lily, purslane, serviceberry, nightshade, dandelion, salsify, seeds from the borage, composie,mustard, sedge, grass and mallow families. jBurned juniper, sagebrush, pine, Gambel oak, mountain mahogany, bitterbursh, rose, gymnosperm are thought to be prehistoric. Many of the others are obviously modern.

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