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Lab number
CRNL-1216
Field number
CMC-1216
Material dated
calcined human bone; os humain calciné
Taxa dated
Homo sapiens
Locality
Minong strand line, 230 m asl, north shore of Lake Superior, Kaministikwia valley, about 8 km west of Thunder Bay, Thunder Bay District, Ontario
Map sheet
52 A/06
Submitter
J.V. Wright
Date submitted
January 22, 0098
Normalized Age
8480 ± 390
δ13C (per mil)
-25.8
Significance
Late Palaeoindian?, Plano; Paléoindien supérieur?
Context
cremation burial in sand, with no associated artifacts; sample used all recovered bone
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Homo sapiens
Additional information
AMS date.
Comments
DcJi-1, Cummins: This is an extensive quarry workshop and habitation site of the late Palaeoindian (Plano) period (Dawson, 1983b; Julig, 1994). All remaining human bone was used to obtain the date numbered CRNL-1216. The site has also produced a small amount of clearly identifiable Archaic material (Hinshellwood, 2004). Five late Holocene dates from apparent cultural contexts have been interpreted variously as representing intrusive charcoal from ancient tree throws and forest fires, or as dates reflecting the Archaic uses of the site.

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