IDENTIFICATION AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF CHARRED BOTANIC REMAINS FROM MONTANO PUEBLO, SITE LA 33223, NEW MEXICO

Summary

Charcoal and charred botanic samples recovered from excavations at site LA 33223,

Montano Pueblo, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, were submitted for identification and AMS

radiocarbon dating. This pueblo consists of a kiva and two roomblocks and is believed to

represent a Classic Period (Pueblo IV) occupation. Identification of charcoal will provide

information concerning woods burned as fuel by the site occupants and the shortest-lived taxa

for AMS radiocarbon dating. Charred material from sediments in a prehistoric pond (oxbow

lake) on the west side of the Rio Grande floodplain also were AMS radiocarbon dated to

determine the temporal relation between the pond deposits and the prehistoric occupation, as

well as to assist with determining the history (timing, rates, etc.) of episodes of downcutting and

aggradation of the Rio Grande during the most recent glacial-interglacial climate cycle.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• PaleoResearch Institute

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