ORGANIC RESIDUE ANALYSIS (FTIR), CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION, AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF SAMPLES FROM SITE 48SW8319, FLAMING GORGE RESERVOIR, FLAMING GORGE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, WYOMING

Author(s): Linda Scott Cummings; Melissa K. Logan; Kathryn Puseman

Year: 2009

Summary

Twenty-four fill samples from multiple hearth features at site 48SW8319 in the Flaming

Gorge National Recreation Area, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, were submitted for organic

residue analysis using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). One sample was also

selected for charcoal identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. This site represents a

multicomponent site, with previous radiocarbon dates ranging from 5660 ± 50 BP (Beta 255896)

to 1140 ± 40 BP (Beta 255878).

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ORGANIC RESIDUE ANALYSIS (FTIR), CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION, AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF SAMPLES FROM SITE 48SW8319, FLAMING GORGE RESERVOIR, FLAMING GORGE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, WYOMING. Linda Scott Cummings, Melissa K. Logan, Kathryn Puseman. 2009 ( tDAR id: 379805) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8NG4Q4V

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