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The hearth pictured is an ancient style more commonly found by archaeologists and appears as a bowl-shaped soil discoloration in the side of an excavation unit. This was found in 2014 at Fort McCoy, Wis., by archaeologists. This hearth was also circular and contained both fire-cracked rock and burned sandstone. The rocks were not distinctly arranged in a circle like the first hearth, suggesting it may have been more of a “fire-pit” style hearth. Like the first hearth, this one extended beyond the limits of the excavation unit. The visible portion of the hearth suggests it was nearly three feet wide and a foot or more in depth. This hearth contained abundant charcoal which provided a radiocarbon age range of 3,055 to 2,870 years ago (+/- 30) after calibration, which dates the hearth to the Late Archaic period (3,500 to 2,500 years ago, or 1,500-500 BC). (Photo by Fort McCoy Archaeology Team)
| Date Taken: | 05.24.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 05.24.2023 14:56 |
| Photo ID: | 7815308 |
| VIRIN: | 230524-A-A4608-194 |
| Resolution: | 683x473 |
| Size: | 130.74 KB |
| Location: | FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US |
| Web Views: | 25 |
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