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Canada / BC / DhRp-52 (Katzie) / XA-3579
- Lab number
- XA-3579
- Material dated
- charcoal
- Type of date
- Archaeological
- Locality
- Fraser Valley, Southwestern British ColumbiaSite is located at the confluence of the Fraser and Pitt Rivers in a former wetland known as the Pitt Polder, just North of Port Hammond
- Date uploaded
- March 15, 2016
- Normalized Age
- 3478 ± 24
- δ13C (per mil)
- -25.0
- Stratigraphic component
- Sediment IV and V: dry and wet deposit interfaceSite area- III; Trench or unit-1,Unit BB13; Depth (cm below datum1)190-200
- Comments
- site vertical datum = 3.59 m asl; DhRp-52 is a Village site with multiple rectangular house depressions, probably relecting plankhouses and evidence for a circular pithouse. Rock pavement feature and wapato features may represent early, large-scale plant resource management. Wetland and plant resource cultivation/management dated as early as 4100 cal BP. Utilization of Wapato goes back as far as 5300 cal BP. Over 94000 beads were found, mostly in late components throughout the site.