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Canada / ON / AkGv-___8 (Parsons) / WAT-2869
- Lab number
- WAT-2869
- Material dated
- charcoal; charbon de bois
- Locality
- on a broad promontory overlooking Black Creek, a tributary of Humber River, City of North York, Metropolitan Toronto, Ontario
- Map sheet
- 30 M/13
- Submitter
- R.F. Williamson
- Date submitted
- February 16, 2006
- Normalized Age
- 450 ± 65
- Significance
- Late Woodland; Sylvicole supérieur
- Context
- house 3, feature 89
- Associated taxa
- Mammalia 28, Sylvilagus floridanus 2, Sciurus carolinensis 9, Tamiaciurus hudsonicus 8, Marmota monax 4, Tamias striatus 2, Castor canadensis 12, Peromyscus maniculatus 1, Ondatra zibethicus 5, Canis familiaris 39, Vulpes vulpes 4, Ursus americanus 9, Procyon lotor 4, Martes americana 3, Martes americana cf. 1, Mephitis mephitis 6, Cervidae 10, cf. Cervidae 14, cf. Cervus elaphus 1, Aves Reptilia Amphibia Mollusca
- Additional information
- For a list of floral remains, see WAT-2872.
- Comments
- AkGv-8, Parsons: The artifact assemblage from this late Iroquoian site suggests that the village was occupied around AD 1450. Three radiocarbon dates are consistent with this age, while one is anomalously old. An anomalously young date may reflect contamination by European cultigens. Fauna: Odocoileus virginianus 40, cf. Odocoileus virginianus 2, Bos taurus 1, Ovis aries 1; Aves: Gavia sp 1, Gavia immer 3, Cygnus columbianus 2, Anserini 6, Branta canadensis 10, Anas rubripes 2, Anas acuta 1, Anas discors 1, Anas crecca 1, Aythya affinis or A. marila cf. 2, Aythya collaris 2, Bucephala clangula 2, Mergus serrator 2, Accipiter gentilis 1, Buteo jamaicensis 1, Bonasa umbellus 15, Meleagris gallopavo 3, Grus canadensis 1, Larinae 1, Ectopistes migratorius 60, Strix varia 3, Sphyrapicus varius 2, Colaptes auratus 1, Corvus brachyrhynchos 3, Corvus corax 2; Reptilia: Chelydra serpentina 9, Clemmys insculpta 10, Emydoidea blandingi 43, Chrysemys picta 96; Amphibia: Anura 1, Rana sp 1, Rana catesbeiana 1, Bufo sp 2; Pisces: Acipenser fulvescens 3, Amia calva 8, Salmo salar 3, Salvelinus sp 3, Esox americanus 3, Esox lucius 3, Catostomus sp 3, Catostomus catostomus 1, Catostomus commersoni 1, Ictaluridae 15, Ictalurus natalis and Ictalurus nebulosus 15, Ictalurus punctatus 11, Anquilla rostrata 3, Lota lota 1, Ambloplites rupestris 1, Lepomis gibbosus 3, Micropterus sp 1, Micropterus dolomieui 1, Micropterus salmoides 1, Stizostedion sp 4, Aplodinotus grunniens 1; Mollusca: Elliptio sp 24, Elliptio dilatatus 1, Lampsilis radiata 1, Strophinus undulatus 1, Lasmigona costata 1, Anodontoides ferussacianus 1