Alamosa County, Colorado (Geographic Keyword)

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EXAMINATION OF BULK SOIL FOR RADIOCARBON DATABLE MATERIAL FROM THE BACA LANE PIT, SITE BA-MM04-25, SOUTHERN COLORADO (2005)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Jaime Dexter.

Four bulk soil samples from the Baca Lane Pit site (BA-MM04-25) in Alamosa County, Colorado, were floated to recover organic fragments suitable for radiocarbon analysis. These samples were recovered from multiple buried A soil horizons within an eolian sand dune complex. Cultural (Holocene) artifacts are associated with several of the A horizons, and a small hearth with burned bird bones was noted. Botanic components and detrital charcoal were identified, and potentially radiocarbon datable...