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Lab number
Beta-162202
Material dated
Charcoal
Type of date
Archaeological
Locality
Las Animas
Date uploaded
January 15, 2024
Updater
Wyoming team
Date updated
December 31, 2020
Normalized Age
1180 ± 40
Context
One of 2 dates from Feature 1, a large, roughly circular, shallow pit excavated ca. 20 cm into the clay loam underlying the cobble overburden. Meas. 1.05 x 1.27 m, with densely packed cobbles that also mounded over the pit. No oxidation rind present. A total 367 rocks, weighing 143 kg was recoveed from the basin; many were blackened, about half were fire cracked. Very little charcoal left. Sample is charred material. This date is accepted as the most reliable of the two since it was on charcoal and the other was on organic sediment.

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