Turkey Pen Ruin site is located in Grand Gulch as it descends on the west side of Cedar Mesa, UT. It is one of many Basketmaker II period sites excavated by R.G. Matson, Bill Lipe and their colleagues beginning in the 1970s (Matson 1991:77). Turkey Pen was first investigated in the 1890s by Richard Wetherill. Matson (1991:92-95) recovered well preserved maize remains from a small block excavation in the site in 1972, including cobs and other maize parts as well as maize fragments and pollen from human coprolites. Maize was more abundant at the site than any other plant food--either domesticated or wild.
ID | Other ID | Type | Subtype | Uncal BP (years) | ± 1 σ (years) | Median cal BP (years) | Lower cal BP (years) | Upper cal BP (years) | δ13C | Contaminated? |
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135 | WSU-3513 | MacroSample | cob | 2050 | 80 | 2024 | 2304 | 1825 | No | |
137 | Beta-256926 | MacroSample | unknown | 1010 | 40 | 929 | 1050 | 795 | No | |
134 | WSU-3512 | MacroSample | cob | 1980 | 60 | 1934 | 2115 | 1817 | No | |
138 | Beta-256927 | MacroSample | unknown | 1900 | 40 | 1845 | 1928 | 1727 | No | |
136 | AA-84948 | MacroSample | cob | 1839 | 36 | 1775 | 1871 | 1700 | -11.3 | No |