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Canada / BC / DfSi-17 (Himayis) / Beta-158748
- Lab number
- Beta-158748
- Material dated
- charcoal; charbon de bois
- Locality
- Benson Island, in the Broken Group, Barkley Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
- Map sheet
- 92 C/14
- Date uploaded
- February 14, 2020
- Normalized Age
- 860 ± 60
- δ13C (per mil)
- -25.0
- Significance
- West Coast; Côte ouest
- Context
- near the base of the central unit
- Comments
- DfSi-17, Himayis: This is an offshoot village of Ts'ishaa (DfSi-16), only a short distance away on Benson Island. In ethnographic tradition, this was the low-status area where slaves and some commoners were sent to live when the main village became too crowded.