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Lab number
GaK-6065
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Taxa dated
8.9 g
Locality
at the northwestern corner of Southern Indian Lake, 259 m asl, near the mouth of Muskwesi River, Churchill drainage, Manitoba
Map sheet
64 G/07
Submitter
G. Dickson
Date submitted
March 30, 0097
Normalized Age
650 ± 100
Significance
Woodland, Clearwater Lake; Sylvicole
Context
damp sand, Units 524 and 429, Level 2, Feature 4-75, 1-10 cm depth
Associated taxa
Mammalia 34908: Artiodactyla 13, Cervidae 185, Rangifer tarandus 176, Alces alces 17, Bovidae 1, Bison bison 5, Carnivora 11, Ursus americanus 33, Mustelidae 1, Martes americana 5, Gulo gulo 1, Canidae 18, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus 3, Castor canadensis 334, Ondatra zibethicus 94, Erethizon dorsatum 15, Leporidae 1, Lepus americanus 5; Aves 61: Anatidae 8, Anas platyrhynchos 1, Cygnini 1, Anserini 1, Accipitridae 2, (cont).
Additional information
The faunal list represents all components from the entire site and therefore is a time-average fauna.
Comments
HiLp-1, Kame Hills: This is a large multicomponent habitation site with evidence of Archaic, Taltheilei, Woodland (Laurel and Clearwater Lake), and Historic occupations occurring in a sand matrix up to 25 cm in thickness. Except for specific field observations of faunal associations with radiocarbon samples reported by Dickson (1976) and recorded in this data base, it is not possible to determine the faunal assemblage that belongs to a particular period of occupation. GaK-6061 is considered anomalous in view of its depth and an earlier result from GaK-6064. Nothing was directly associated with GaK-6067, but it gives a maximum age for Laurel pottery found just above it. S-778 is considered too young for its depth and associations; this result may be related in part to the pre-treatment method. S-968 was possibly contaminated by a fungus growing beneath some of the bones. S-1077 was surrounded by water due to an unusually high water table. S-1078 was within and beneath hearth Feature 2-75; the result is rejected by Dickson. Fauna: Corvidae 1; Pisces 923: Esox lucius 91, Coregonus clupeaformis 5, Stizostedion vitreum 5; Class uncertain 1139

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