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Lab number
Beta-231671
Material dated
Shell
Taxa dated
Mussel shell
Type of date
Archaeological
Locality
La Salle
Date uploaded
January 18, 2024
Updater
Wyoming Team
Date updated
December 31, 2020
Normalized Age
2300 ± 40
Context
associated with burial 1703 in secondary mound stratum. Sample (Cat. No. 5952) from 1938/39 WPA excavations housed at LSU Museum of Natural Science
Additional information
AMS
Comments
probably too old to represent Marksville component of Mounds. The most reasonable explanation is that the shell fragments represent older material from the Tchefunte occupation that was included as mound fill and they are not associated with the burial other than by spatial proximity.

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