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Lab number
I-9651
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Taxa dated
(12.6 g)
Locality
southeast of Rice Lake, Percy Township, Northumberland County, Ontario
Map sheet
31 C/05
Submitter
R.J. Pearce
Date submitted
March 2, 0097
Normalized Age
635 ± 80
Significance
Late Woodland, Pickering; Sylvicole supérieur
Context
feature 20, a refuse pit within house 1
Associated taxa
Mammalia 5705, Sylvilagus floridanus 1, Tamias striatus 12, Marmota monax 12, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus 4, Castor canadensis 39, Ondatra zibethicus 26, Canis sp 7, Canis familiaris 1, Vulpes vulpes 1, Ursus americanus 13, Procyon lotor 3, Martes americana 1, Martes pennanti 1, Mustela vison 1, Lutra canadensis 3, Lynx sp 2, Odocoileus virginianus 43; Aves Reptilia Pisces cultigen Flora
Additional information
Pearce (1978) provides an incomplete list of associated taxa, mentioning only four of 15 species of mammals from this site.
Comments
BbGl-4, Richardson: This is a palisaded village with 2+ houses covering >0.5 ha. It has received limited excavation and is assigned to the Pickering branch of the Early Ontario Iroquois tradition. Fauna: Aves 293, Gavia immer 2, Anseriformes 1, Mergus merganser 1, Ectopistes migratorius 70, Strigidae 1, Corvus corax 1; Reptilia: Testudines 63, Chelydra serpentina 1; Pisces 4076, Acipenser fulvescens 5, Lepisosteus osseus 1, Salvelinus fontinalis 1, Coregonus sp 7, Catostomidae 110, Catostomus sp 38, Catostomus commersoni 8, Moxostoma sp 26, Cyprinidae 1, Ictaluridae 99, Ictalurus punctatus 21, Ictalurus nebulosus 28, Anguilla rostrata 13, Esox lucius 5, Micropterus sp 9, Micropterus dolomieui 8, Micropterus salmoides 49, Centrarchidae 34, Ambloplites rupestris 24, Lepomis gibbosus 1, Stizostedion sp 7, Stizostedion vitreum 32, Stizostedion canadense 2, Perca flavescens 188, Aplodinotus grunniens 4; Mollusca: Unionidae, Elliptio complanata, Gastropoda; cultigen: Zea mays 93; Flora: Aralia sp 3, Chenopodium sp 3, Lychnis sp 1, Polygonum sp 7, Rhus sp 8, Rubus sp 89, Sambucus sp 5, Juglans cinerea 11

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