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Lab number
S-48
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
northwest of Courtenay, 3.2 km from Sandwick, along an old course of the Tsolum River, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Map sheet
92 F/11
Date submitted
May 10, 0098
Date uploaded
February 14, 2020
Measured Age
9760 ± 140
Normalized Age
4550 ± 200
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
culture?
Context
mound I, trench Z, within a patch of red earth, 15 cm depth
Additional information
Capes (1964: 10) cites this date as 4500 +/- 200 BP.
Comments
DkSg-1, Tsolum River: About 30 hillocks are collectively known as the Comox Valley mounds.

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