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Lab number
Beta-15197
Material dated
Charcoal
Type of date
Archaeological
Locality
Worcester, Westborough
Submitter
C. Hoffman
Date uploaded
January 17, 2024
Updater
Wyoming Team
Date updated
December 31, 2020
Measured Age
3720 ± 70
Significance
Late Archaic
Context
Feature 8; deep red earth pit, processing area for deer and fish with Atlantic points
Comments
4 Small-stemmed points, 1 small triangle, 2 Orient/Wayland Notched points, 13 sherds Vinette I pottery, 1 hammerstone, 1 possible ulu preform, 30 bifaces, 1130 pieces of chipping debris, 1 deep red-earth pit with firepit at its base assoc with pottery and C14 date, cache of 29 quartzite Stark preforms recovered under rock within red earth feature along with 3 complete Stark points of argillite, and red felsite Orient Fishtail; deep read earth pit feature containing bone butchering tools, mammal bone, Stark point dated to 3720+/-70 BP; red earth feature complex dated to 2130+/-70 BP containing Stark point and base of Neville point.

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