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Lab number
BGS-1265
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
north side of McGregor's Creek, Thames River valley, southeast of Chatham, Kent County, Ontario
Map sheet
40 J/08
Submitter
N. Ferris
Date submitted
April 7, 0097
Normalized Age
1110 ± 70
Significance
Western Basin, Younge; Bassin occidental
Context
Feature 18
Associated taxa
Mammalia >99%, Odocoileus virginianus 80%, Procyon lotor 12%, Ondatra zibethicus, Lutra canadensis, Tamias striatus, Sciurus carolinensis; Aves 2; Pisces 1
Comments
AcHm-31, Van Bemmel: This small (40 x 15 m) site records an occupation early in the Younge phase of the Western Basin tradition. Cooper and Savage (1994: 98) report that all material was screened, and the screened residues were flotated. Only 9% of specimens were identifiable below class, and 76% were thermally altered. The findings are consistent with the interpretation of the site as a late autumn hunting camp. One osseous artifact was a worked antler tine.

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