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- Lab number
- RL-1584
- Material dated
- bison bone collagen; collagène osseux de bison
- Taxa dated
- Bison sp.
- Locality
- 17 km southwest of the town of Bragg Creek, on the north side of Elbow River, immediately east of Canyon Creek, Bow drainage, Alberta
- Map sheet
- 82 J/15
- Submitter
- J.M. Quigg
- Date submitted
- March 7, 0098
- Measured Age
- 5070 ± 160
- Normalized Age
- 5150 ± 160
- δ13C (per mil)
- -20.0
- Significance
- culture?
- Context
- cultural layer
- Associated taxa
- Mammalia: Bison sp
- Additional information
- It is assumed that this date was not corrected previously for isotopic fractionation.
- Comments
- EfPq-5: The site occupies a terrace remnant on the highest portion of the valley side. Vertical movement of artifacts is thought to be attributable to roots and frost-heaving. In the westernmost units, a black silt organic zone, 10-12 cm thick, overlies a light brown clay zone with a sharp but irregular boundary between. Cultural material was recovered from both zones to a depth of about 28 cm, with most of it in the lower zone at 15-25 cm depth. In the easternmost units, the same two zones are present to a depth of 34 cm and are underlain by greyish-green clay 10 cm thick above a mottled grey-green-orange, sandy gleysol. Cultural material was concentrated at 10-33 cm depth with none in the clay or sandy zones. Ten projectile points were recovered: one late prehistoric side-notched form in the upper 10 cm, well above a buried stone circle (Feature 3); one similar to this but with attributes like the other eight; and the other eight points that include four side-notched, three corner-notched, and one indeterminate dart point. Most of these are like Besant but could also be compared to the Mummy Cave series. Quigg concludes that the collection cannot be classified.