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Lab number
Beta-17909
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
on a low terrace beside the Gaspereau River, Kings County, Nova Scotia
Map sheet
21 H/01
Submitter
R.J. Nash
Date submitted
October 8, 0097
Normalized Age
790 ± 60
Significance
Woodland; Sylvicole
Context
Area 2, Level 3, 2N/6E, hearth
Associated taxa
Mammalia 3: Castor canadensis, Lutra canadensis, Marmota monax; Pisces, Gadidae
Comments
BgDb-7, Coldwell Farm: This is at the northwest corner of the Melanson site. Beta-17909 was associated with calcined beaver bones and charred seeds that were recovered by flotation of the matrix. Beta-17910 was recovered from general matrix below the plow zone near the eastern end of the excavations.

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