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Lab number
TO-2519
Material dated
cultigen; cultigène
Taxa dated
carbonized Triticum sp seed
Locality
on a broad promontory overlooking Black Creek, a tributary of Humber River, City of North York, Metropolitan Toronto, Ontario
Map sheet
30 M/13
Submitter
R.F. Williamson
Date submitted
February 16, 2006
Normalized Age
240 ± 50
Significance
culture?
Context
exterior area 9, feature 201
Associated taxa
cultigen: Triticum aestivum or Triticum compactum
Additional information
AMS date.
Comments
AkGv-8, Parsons: The artifact assemblage from this late Iroquoian site suggests that the village was occupied around AD 1450. Three radiocarbon dates are consistent with this age, while one is anomalously old. An anomalously young date may reflect contamination by European cultigens.

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