CARD fuzzes location data for public visitors to the database. Accessing CARD's full capabilities requires an account available only to researchers at accredited institutions.
Lab number
GaK-1867
Field number
CMC- 241
Material dated
charred spruce wood; bois d' épinette carbonisé
Taxa dated
Picea sp.
Locality
on the south side of Blackfly Creek, draining into Winter Lake in the Snare drainage, Great Slave drainage, Northwest Territories
Map sheet
86 A/06
Submitter
W.C. Noble
Date submitted
September 23, 0097
Measured Age
2360 ± 140
Normalized Age
2360 ± 140
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
geoarchaeology; géoarchéologie
Context
buried soil, 4-5 cm thick, overlain by 88 cm of aeolian sand
Comments
LcPd-13, Blackfly Creek: GaK-1867 was collected from an exposed burned soil of black humus and charred spruce wood 3.6 m above the water level. There was weak podsol development under the burned horizon. No cultural materials were associated with the sample, but it is important in dating forest penetration, burning and the establishment of soil horizons in the area. Currently, Winter Lake lies in a forest-tundra transition zone, and Blackfly Creek is within a gallery forest extension. The date is somewhat earlier than expected, making it apparent that tree-line burning in central Mackenzie District is not in phase with the sequence for southern Keewatin District.

References