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Lab number
SFU-n/a-1
Material dated
bison bone collagen; collagène osseux de bison
Taxa dated
Bison sp. skull (77 g)
Locality
32 km north of Victoria at North Saanich, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Map sheet
92 B/11
Date submitted
June 4, 0098
Date uploaded
February 14, 2020
Normalized Age
11830 ± 110
δ13C (per mil)
-20.0
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
layer of marl beneath an irrigation pond, 1.5 m depth, removed by a backhoe
Additional information
It is assumed that this date was not corrected previously for isotopic fractionation.
Comments
DeRu-VP: The marl enclosing a bison skull contained a pollen assemblage dominated by pine, along with Populus pollen presumed to be from P. tremuloides. The pine zone ends by 11,500 BP in most coastal areas, and the indication of aspen stands suggests similarities to the extant vegetation of the B.C. interior with a cold, dry climate.

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