CARD

Lab number: S-2187
Field number: CMC-1222
Material dated: charcoal; charbon de bois

Locality: Medonte Township, 282 m asl, Simcoe County, Ontario
Map sheet: 31 D/12

Submitter: M. Stopp
Date submitted: December 7, 0096

Measured Age: 490 ± 60
Normalized Age: 490 ± 60
δ¹³C (per mil): -25.0

Significance: Late Woodland, Huron; Sylvicole supérieur
Context: inside a longhouse, square 60:124, feature 115, a refuse pit containing bone, pottery, and chert flakes
Associated taxa: Mammalia 306-?, Leporidae 1-1, Sciuridae 4-2, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus 16-6, Sciurus carolinensis 11-1, Marmota monax 27-5, Tamias striatus 6-4, Castor canadensis 16-4, Cricetidae 7-2, Peromyscus maniculatus 17-9, Ondatra zibethicus 11-4, Microtus pennsylvanicus 1-1, Canis sp 139-6, Ursus americanus 8-5, Mephitis mephitis 3-2, Mustela vison 1-1, Cervidae 1-1, Cervus elaphus 2-2, Aves Reptilia Amphibia Pisces Flora

Comments: BdGv-14, Baumann: The site is located on a beach ridge near swamps and streams. The ceramics, lack of trade goods, and bone tools indicate a prehistoric age. The pottery and pipe types narrow this estimate to the Lalonde horizon, AD 1450-1500. Fauna: Odocoileus virginanus 17-4; Aves 14-?, Ardea herodias 1-1, Branta canadensis 5-2, Bucephala albeola 1-1, Grus canadensis 2-2, Accipitridae 1-1, Bonasa umbellus 1-1, Ectopistes migratorius 9-5, Melanerpes erythrocephalus 1-1, Passeriformes 1-1, Corvus brachyrhynchos 1-1; Reptilia: Testudines 7-2, Chrysemys picta 48-3, Sternotherus odoratus 4-2, Graptemys geographica 2-1, Chelydra serpentina 2-1, Emydoidea blandingi 2-1, Terrapene carolina 1-1; Amphibia 14-?, Anura 22-5; Pisces 5559-?, Acipenser fulvescens 1-1, Amia calva 17-7, Salvelinus 4-4, Salvelinus fontinalis 14-5, Salvelinus namaycush 8-3, Coregonus clupeaformis 1-1, Hiodontidae 1-1, Catostomus 127-10, Catostomus commersoni 103-17, Moxostoma anisurum 22-10, Lepisosteus osseus 2-1, Ictalurus sp 30-6, Ictalurus melas 22-10, Ictalurus nebulosus 13-7, Ictalurus punctatus 156-27, Turbot sp 3-3, Morone chrysops 2-2, Ambloplites rupestris 10-6, Micropterus dolomieui 51-24, Micropterus salmoides 20-7, Lepomis sp 7-7, Lepomis cyanellus 5-3, Lepomis macrochirus 3-3, Percidae 33-?, Perca flavescens 864-109, Stizostedion sp 44-13, Scianidae 2-1, Aplodinotus grunniens 3-2; cultigen: Zea mays, Phaseolus vulgaris, Cucurbita polymorpha; Flora: Acer saccharum, Fagus grandifolia, Ulmus americana, Ostrya virginiana, Prunus nigra, Prunus serotina, Crataegus sp

Canada / ON / BdGv-__14 (Baumann) / S-2187

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