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Lab number
GaK-2754
Field number
CMC- 347
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Taxa dated
(22.4 g)
Locality
Gabriola Island, 0-3 m asl, Strait of Georgia, British Columbia
Map sheet
92 G/04
Date submitted
April 5, 0098
Date uploaded
February 14, 2020
Normalized Age
1670 ± 90
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
Marpole
Context
dark brown beach sand and pea gravel, 11.7-12.2 m N/5 m E, 136-144 cm depth
Additional information
Burley (1989: 33) quotes this date as AD 240 +/- 90 (1710 +/- 90 BP).
Comments
DgRw-4, False Narrows: This shell midden, about 2 km long on flats above the high tide water mark, contains Marpole and Developed Coast Salish phase components. Cairn burials are related to the latter phase, but the artifacts show a transition between the two phases. D.N. Abbott notes that GaK-2754 confirms the idea of a close relationship between the Marpole component at this site and that at Beach Grove (DgRs-1), based on burial practices, grave goods, and some similar artifact forms.

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