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Canada / AB / EbOp-16 (Cactus Flower) / S-783
- Lab number
- S-783
- Field number
- CMC- 629
- Material dated
- charcoal; charbon de bois
- Locality
- southeast corner of Suffield Military Reserve, left bank of South Saskatchewan River, 632 m asl, within a large meander locally known as the Bull Pen, southeastern Alberta
- Map sheet
- 72 L/07
- Submitter
- J. Brumley
- Date submitted
- March 14, 0097
- Measured Age
- 2130 ± 130
- Normalized Age
- 2130 ± 130
- δ13C (per mil)
- -25.0
- Significance
- Middle Archaic, McKean, anomalous, young; Archaïque moyen, anormal, jeune
- Stratigraphic component
- Occupation 9
- Context
- occupation 9, unit 3, pieces scattered over a broad area of the living floor, 1-4 m west of datum
- Associated taxa
- Mammalia: Bison bison 6, Antilocapra americana 1, Sylvilagus sp 1; Mollusca: Unionidae 1
- Comments
- EbOp-16, Cactus Flower: This is a campsite containing ten defined occupations well separated stratigraphically by alluvial deposits deposited largely by flooding of the river. Occupations are designated I-X from latest to earliest. Occupations I and II are assignable to the Pelican Lake phase, while occupations III through IX are attributed to the McKean complex. Occupation X is of unknown cultural affiliation. S-783 is too late and S-1013 too early by 300-400 years, in view of stratigraphic positions, other dates at site, and dates from Pelican Lake and McKean components elsewhere. The remaining results are acceptable.