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Lab number
S-1037
Field number
CMC- 794
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
west bank of Dean River, on a short stretch connecting Upper and Lower Anahim Lakes, Chilcotin River, Williams Lake area, Fraser drainage, British Columbia
Map sheet
93 C/11
Date uploaded
February 14, 2020
Measured Age
130 ± 80
Normalized Age
170 ± 55
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
Protohistoric?; protohistorique?
Stratigraphic component
Housefloor
Context
floor of semisubterranean Bes Tco House, SE quad 1.78N/1.25E, ca. 14 cm depth, with heavy bone concentration, level 2
Comments
FcSi-1, Goose Point: Of four radiocarbon samples from this site, S-502 was derived from the hearth in the Suzchet House, and the other three came from excavation of the Bes Tco House. The Suzchet House is definitely not a Chilcotin winter lodge, but in its simplicity resembles Bes Yaz and perhaps Tl'okut houses at the Potlatch site (FcSi-2). In the Bes Yaz House, S-1037 and S-1038 were associated with a heavy bone concentration at the floor level. S-1039 was from an apparent post hole and is in conflict with the other two dates, although all samples were believed to be in association with the construction or earliest use of the house. It is similar in age to S-502 from the Suzchet House and may indicate an earlier episode of activity in the area. The Bes Yaz House is of the historic Chilcotin form, in keeping with the two younger radiocarbon dates, and is assigned to the protohistoric period.

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