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Canada / BC / DkSg-2B (Mission Hill) / S-102
- Lab number
- S-102
- Material dated
- charcoal; charbon de bois
- Locality
- northwest of Courtenay, at Sandwick, on the Tsolum River, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
- Map sheet
- 92 F/11
- Date submitted
- May 10, 0098
- Date uploaded
- February 14, 2020
- Normalized Age
- 1650 ± 70
- δ13C (per mil)
- -25.0
- Significance
- culture?
- Context
- mound III, upper level, 12-18" depth
- Additional information
- Capes (1964: 18) cites this date as S-102 bis: 1980 +/- 70 BP.
- Comments
- DkSg-2B, Mission Hill: About 30 hillocks are collectively known as the Comox Valley mounds. Three were excavated by Capes, with Mounds I and II being located at the Tsolum River Mound site (DkSg-1) and Mound III at the Mission Hill Mound site (DkSg-2B). Radiocarbon dates were obtained for Mounds I and III.