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Lab number
GSC-1546
Field number
CMC- 463
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
on the plain overlooking the confluence of Gainsborough Creek and Souris River, 450 m asl, Manitoba
Map sheet
62 F/03
Submitter
E.L. Syms
Date submitted
March 28, 0097
Measured Age
340 ± 130
Normalized Age
340 ± 130
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
Woodland, Middle Missouri; Sylvicole
Context
Zone 15, Sq. VII, lowest hearth on floor of bell-shaped pit
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Bison bison, Canidae
Comments
DgMg-15, Snyder II: This site is located in the same field as Mounds A, B, C, and D (Capes, 1963), but a relationship to the mounds has not yet been demonstrated. Syms (1974) distinguished 15 stratigraphic zones within a bell-shaped pit and noted changes in activities reflected by their artifact content. Zones 9-15, the lower zones, contain two distinct hearths and several scattered ash concentrations in heterogeneous gravel, loam and refuse; tools are rare. Zones 3-7 consist of closely stratified, alternating hearths and gravel lenses, the hearths containing numerous artifacts and bison bones. Zones 1 and 2 contain a few sherds and lithics around the pit periphery. The only vessel represented by any large number of sherds is scattered throughout the pit. This is the justification for listing all finds in a single record in this data base, including the radiocarbon sample (Zone 15), the canid remains (Zones 11-15), and the bison bones (Zones 3 and 5).

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