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Lab number
Beta-57996
Material dated
marine shell; coquillage
Taxa dated
Mya arenaria
Locality
on the southern shore of the Southwestern Island, Bliss Islands, Bay of Fundy, Charlotte County, New Brunswick
Map sheet
21 G/02
Submitter
D.W. Black
Date submitted
November 12, 0097
Measured Age
250 ± 50
Normalized Age
680 ± 50
δ13C (per mil)
1.4
Significance
Late Prehistoric; Préhistorique récent
Context
unit 3, shell midden
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Castor canadensis; Mollusca: Mya arenaria
Comments
BgDr-61, Pintlowes Cove: This is a small, narrow strip of shell midden in which the main occupation layer consists of organic soil mixed with broken clam shells. A few lithic specimens and a beaver tooth were recovered, and it is interpreted as a single prehistoric component.

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