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- Lab number
- Beta-129309
- Material dated
- Charcoal
- Type of date
- Archaeological
- Locality
- Mesa
- Date uploaded
- January 15, 2024
- Updater
- Wyoming team
- Date updated
- December 31, 2020
- Normalized Age
- 1140 ± 50
- Stratigraphic component
- 22 cm bmgs
- Context
- Feature 3, a thermal feature, slightly behind the drip line, originating 22 cm bmgs. Feature 3 was complex, with a core area comprised of black charcoal and ash-laden sand with FCR (13 rocks weighing 1.3 kg). This was surrounded by a zone of dark ash and charcoal-mottled sand. The central portion was irregularly basin shaped. Maximum dimensions of the excavated part of the feature were 110 x 98 cm, 19 cm thick. No oxidation. Fill produced a FST fragment, 1 hammerstone, a drill, and 184 flakes. All the tools were burned. Macrobotanical remains: carbonized alder, serviceberry, Dicot class, juniper, pinyon, cotonwood, oak, 145 goosefoot seeds, 9 grass seeds, 1 juniper seed, 1 prickly pear seed, 1 yucca leaf frag.--all were charred. Faunal remains: 2 bird bones, 152 unidentifiable small mammal bone frags., 23 unidentified mammal bone frags., a few rodent bones. All bone except the rodent bones were burned. Interpreted as a palimpsest of informal hearths used over a number of years. Associated with Component 4.