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- Lab number
- Beta-6729
- Material dated
- marine shell; coquillage
- Taxa dated
- Mya arenaria
- Locality
- in eastern Notre Dame Bay, 4.6 km north of Comfort Cove, Newfoundland
- Map sheet
- 2 E/07
- Submitter
- R.T. Pastore
- Date submitted
- August 27, 0097
- Normalized Age
- 270 ± 70
- Significance
- Beothuck; Béothuck
- Context
- House 1 midden
- Associated taxa
- Mammalia: Castor canadensis, Ursus americanus, Ursus maritimus, Lutra canadensis, Martes americana, Phoca hispida, Erignathus barbatus, Delphinapterus leucas, Rangifer tarandus; Aves: Gavia immer, Phalacrocorax auritus, Branta canadensis, Aythya marila, Clangula hyemalis, Somateria sp, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Larus sp, Stercorarius sp, Cepphus grylle, Uria sp; Pisces; Mollusca: Mya arenaria
- Additional information
- It is assumed that this date is corrected for isotopic fractionation.
- Comments
- DiAp-3, Boyd's Cove: This large Beothuck site lies on a high glacial moraine overlooking a narrow channel. It contains 11 Beothuck pit houses and evidence of minor prehistoric and major historic period occupation.