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Lab number
S-827
Field number
CMC- 642
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
in Medicine Hat, 670 m asl, on two terraces 1.5-3 km upstream from the entrance of Seven Persons Creek into the South Saskatchewan River, Alberta
Map sheet
72 L/02
Submitter
L. Milne-Brumley
Date submitted
March 14, 0097
Measured Age
210 ± 80
Normalized Age
210 ± 80
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
Woodland, Old Women's; Sylvicole
Context
unit 116, NE quad, Area B, Feature 72 (basin hearth), 7.6-66 cm depth, Level 1 (5-25 cm depth except for deviations caused by intrusive pits)
Associated taxa
see S-824
Comments
EaOp-6, Saamis: This late prehistoric site consists of five areas designated A-E. Area B represents campsite activities with a number of basin hearths containing layers of fired rock. Area C is primarily a meat processing area, and Area E is thought to represent butchering and possibly meat processing and killing of bison. S-824 and S-827 are well within the expected time range, and they correspond to their stratigraphic positions. However, S-825 is too late, since stratigraphically and culturally it should fall in the same time period as S-824. [Note that the normalized age overlaps the estimate at 2-sigma.]

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