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Lab number
Beta-8198
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
on the southeastern shore of the Northeastern Island at the Spider Cove side of the thoroughfare, Bliss Islands, Charlotte County, New Brunswick
Map sheet
21 G/02
Submitter
D.W. Black
Date submitted
August 22, 0097
Normalized Age
1280 ± 60
Significance
Late Woodland; Sylvicole supérieur
Stratigraphic component
Component 4
Context
component 4, north mound, unit 4, layer 5, shell midden
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Castor canadensis, Microtus sp, Canis familiaris, Alces alces, Cetacea; Aves, Anatidae, Larinae, Pinguinus impennis, Uria sp, Ectopistes migratorius, Bubo virginianus; Pisces, Gadus morhua; Mollusca; Echinodermata
Comments
BgDq-6, Weir: Black (p.c. 1997) notes that Beta-70009 was taken from a low area where little peat covered the prehistoric midden and where the site was inundated during extreme high water events. The dated charcoal probably results from historic burning and may have been mixed into the site deposits by tidal action. Beta-70011 and Beta-78151 were collected to date the onset of peat formation which apparently occurred prior to the Woodland occupations of the Weir site.

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