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Lab number
SI-1117
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
bluff rising 30 m above the Aishihik River, west of Canyon Creek Roadhouse at Mile 998, Alaska Highway, Alsek drainage, southwest Yukon Territory
Map sheet
115 A/14
Submitter
J.P. Cook
Date submitted
June 18, 0097
Normalized Age
7195 ± 100
Significance
Little Arm
Stratigraphic component
Stratum D
Context
hearth, N5-10/E45-50, Stratum D, brown sand, 7.5 ft depth
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Bison sp
Comments
JfVg-1, Canyon: This is a deep, stratified site. MacNeish (1964: 308) characterized W-1123 as a "large log with hair-like roots on its exterior," possibly a root, and noted that it was slightly out of sequence with W-1122 on Level 3.

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