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Canada / NS / BfDa-1 (St. Croix) / Beta-49256
- Lab number
- Beta-49256
- Material dated
- charcoal; charbon de bois
- Taxa dated
- 0.27 g
- Locality
- at the head of tide on the southeast bank of the St. Croix River, Hants County, Nova Scotia
- Map sheet
- 21 H/16
- Submitter
- M. Deal
- Date submitted
- July 2, 0097
- Normalized Age
- 2500 ± 120
- Significance
- Woodland; Sylvicole
- Context
- hearth associated with vessel 18 representing ceramic period 1
- Additional information
- This small sample was given extended counting time.
- Comments
- BfDa-1, St. Croix: The river forms part of a portage route that connects the Minas Basin with St. Margaret's Bay on the Atlantic coast. The route was in use from Archaic to historic times. Beta-80070 should date feature 93-4 which appears to be a Middle Ceramic (Woodland) period housepit. M. Deal comments: "It now looks like our levels 1A and 1B over feature 93-4 were at least partially disturbed. The sample came from just above the interface of levels 1B and 2. The interface was not distinct, so I had indicated it by a dashed line on the drawing. However, the ceramics in this unit are still in good relative positions according to stylistic attributes." Beta-49256 falls within the time range expected for ceramics representing ceramic period 1. Pottery from this site has also been dated by thermoluminescence.