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Lab number
M-363
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
Frank Bay, Lake Nipissing, near the source of the French River and the mouth of Bass Creek, Ontario
Map sheet
31 L/04
Submitter
F. Ridley
Date submitted
July 20, 2000
Measured Age
2920 ± 150
Normalized Age
2920 ± 150
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
Archaic; Archaïque
Context
deposit just above the high water erosion mark on the Lake Nipissing shore, to date the preceramic Mattawan complex
Additional information
The quoted error has been reduced to one sigma (see Crane and Griffin, 1963: 228).
Comments
CbGw-1, Frank Bay: Ridley's excavation of this stratified site revealed a long sequence of Archaic and Woodland components and produced one date with the then-new radiocarbon method. It was a campsite during both the Pickering (Williamson, 1990: 296) and Middleport (Dodd, et al. 1990: 345) stages of the Ontario Iroquois tradition. Six dates from this site resulted from 1978 excavations by M. Brizinski. S-1684 is thought possibly to date a poorly defined Laurel stratum. The other five dates pertain to dog burials interpreted as ritual sacrifices.

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