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Lab number
Beta-88724
Field number
AMS Oxford; CMC-1480
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
at the southern tip of Phillip's Point, the northern edge of Grand Harbour, Grand Manan Island, Charlotte County, New Brunswick
Map sheet
21 B/10
Submitter
D.L. Keenlyside
Date submitted
July 2, 0097
Measured Age
1110 ± 40
Normalized Age
1090 ± 40
δ13C (per mil)
-26.5
Significance
Woodland; Sylvicole
Context
Area A, unit F80, Feature 1, bottom of basin-shaped feature, 52 cm below datum
Comments
BeDq-11, Newton's Point: The site is a heavily eroded coastal site. Initially, in 1869, it was recorded as a shell midden. Now the cultural material is found in a single stratigraphic layer which is almost completely free of faunal remains (including shell), overlain by 20 to 40 cm of culturally sterile sandy loam and sod, and underlain by culturally sterile orange-brown sandy soil. The cultural material is found in shell-free dark brown organic soil, and consists primarily of lithic artifacts and debitage, and several oval basin-shaped features. These features contain black organic soil and scattered wood charcoal. Based on the excavated portion of the site, it seems to be a single component site, dating to the Late Maritime Woodland (or Ceramic) period.

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