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Lab number
Beta-7308
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
strandline of glacial Lake Algonquin, Holland River basin, York County, Ontario
Map sheet
31 D/04
Submitter
A. Stewart
Date submitted
January 27, 0098
Normalized Age
3380 ± 420
Significance
Palaeoindian, Crowfield, anomalous, young; Paléoindien, anormal, jeune
Context
Feature 1, N1W1-f, Area 1, a diffuse oval stain less than 1 m in diameter, with ten flakes including two channel flakes
Additional information
This was a very small sample.
Comments
BaGv-7, Zander: strandline of glacial Lake Algonquin, overlooking the Holland Marsh embayment. Excavation of 96 sq m (Stewart, 1984) and numerous surveys have produced 44 projectile points, 184 other worked artifacts, and 1977 flakes and fragments (Stewart, 2004: Table 4-2). The projectile points represent the Early Palaeoindian period (Gainey, Crowfield), the Late Palaeoindian period (Holcombe and Lanceolate), and Early Archaic side-notched styles (Stewart, 2004: Table 4-1). The feature dated by Beta-7308 may be a Palaeoindian hearth that was naturally altered over a long period of time, or it may represent a more recent tree-throw that produced an apparent association between the artifacts and the dated material.

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