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IDENTIFICATION AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF CHARCOAL FROM ROASTING PIT/THERMAL FEATURES AT SITE CA-RIV-9086, CALIFORNIA (2011)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Twelve charcoal samples from six features were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. These features represent oblong roasting pits/thermal features at site CA-RIV-9086 in Riverside County, California, and consist of fire-affected rocks in a lens of dark sediment. Native Cahuilla are known to have used and roasted agave, and it is possible these features were used for roasting agave. Twelve radiocarbon dates were obtained.