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- Lab number
- Beta-141524
- Material dated
- Charcoal
- Type of date
- Archaeological
- Locality
- San Juan
- Date uploaded
- January 18, 2024
- Updater
- Wyoming Team
- Date updated
- December 31, 2020
- Normalized Age
- 1180 ± 60
- Stratigraphic component
- 224 cmbd
- Context
- Feature 7, Stratum E, 224 cmbd. Discovered 4 m from the rear of the shelter. Oblong, 63 cm long 21 cm deep, with relatively steep sides. Fill was ash and large pieces of charcoal; most of the bottom was oxidized. Macrobotanical remains from fill: a few pieces of Cucurbita rind, abundant charred Indian rice grass, a moderate amount of dropseed and other grass seeds; several types of Cheno-Ams, charred probable Ribes seeds. Charcoal was greaswood, sagebrush, pinyon, juniper, saltbush, rabbitbrush. Faunal remains: 23 bones from small and large mammals, including cottontail and jackrabbit. Artifacts: 42 pieces of debitage. Feature 7 in interpreted as a hearth used for cooking animals and a variety of wild seeds. Diversity of food items suggests a camp used for more than an overnight stay
- Comments
- Feature is a hearth or roasting pit 63cm in diameter by 21cm deep; associated with lithic flakes and squash remains