CARD

Locality: at the confluence of the Northwest and Little Southwest Miramichi Rivers, Northumberland County, New Brunswick
Map sheet: 21 I/13

Significance: Woodland; Sylvicole
Context: top of burial pit, Feature 12 (CfDl-2: 3099c), associated with grave contents
Associated taxa: Mammalia: Homo sapiens

Comments: CfDl-2, Augustine mound: The mound produced a number of human burials along with abundant red ochre and artifacts reminiscent of the Adena mortuary complex in the Ohio valley. Pottery from the mound is grit-tempered, smoothed, punctate decorated, and undecorated, assigned to ceramic period 1. This assignment seems to be supported by RL-344, although this radiocarbon sample was not found in situ but was extracted from the backdirt of Joseph Augustine's test excavation. Rutherford (1991: 117) states: The Augustine site has yielded several radiocarbon dates from the fill of the burial mound. These range from 2950 +/- 75 BP to 2330 +/- 110 BP; however the site itself probably represents a more temporally restricted range than that provided by these dates (Turnbull 1976: 55, n.d.: 23). The feature 9 grave dated by S-1635 included numerous quartz bifaces and flakes. The feature 12 grave dated by S-1634 contained large stemmed points, bifaces, textiles, strings of copper beads, shell disc and columella beads. The feature 11 burial pit contained quartz bifaces, columella beads, fabric, pelt/hair fragments, birch bark, and copper beads. A cremation burial at the bottom of the mound was associated with reel-shaped and elliptical gorgets, stemmed points, bifaces, celts, natural stones, one basket, moose hair and fabric, and copper beads.

Canada / NB / CfDl-2 (Augustine Mound) / S-1634