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Lab number
S-1271
Field number
CMC- 872
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
northwest shore of Protection Island, east of Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Map sheet
92 G/04
Date submitted
July 11, 0096
Date uploaded
February 14, 2020
Normalized Age
350 ± 40
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
Strait of Georgia; détroit de Georgia
Context
scattered chunks in Level 1, Unit 2, 40-80 cm north-south, 20-25 cm east-west, 59-80 cm depth
Comments
DhRx-5, Protection Island: This is a small shallow shelf midden overlying portions of an otherwise undisturbed petroglyph pecked into a sandstone slab at the seaward edge of the midden. The midden is about 4 m above high tide overlooking a shallow tidal channel between Protection Island and Newcastle Island. Artifacts suggest developed Coast Salish culture common to the region. Oral communication with residents and soil analyses support no recent site disturbance. The recovered artifacts indicate historic and prehistoric cultural components. S-1270 and S-1271 provide minimum dates for the rock carving.

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