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Lab number
Beta-152840
Material dated
Other
Taxa dated
Grass Bundle
Type of date
Archaeological
Locality
Daggett
Date uploaded
January 18, 2024
Updater
Wyoming Team
Date updated
December 31, 2020
Normalized Age
1390 ± 70
Stratigraphic component
72 cmbs
Context
Pit 15, a deep, straight walled pit with a clay lined bottom. Pit opening meas. 72 cm, pit depth was 51 cm. Abundant grass appears to have been stored in this pit, including several entire plant clumps, tied into bundles. Cordage used to secure one bundle was dogbane. Most of grass was mutton grass (Poa fendelriana). C14 sample is from this grass. Also present : pine and juniper charcoal, seeds of juniper, Chenopodium, Opuntia, uncharred Helianthus. Pollen contained concentration of Poacea. Other pollen also present.
Comments
Storage pit 72cm across and 51cm deep; associated with grass bundles; sample was mutton grass

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