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Canada / SK / DgMs-53 (Mad Dog) / S-2966
- Lab number
- S-2966
- Material dated
- bison bone collagen; collagène osseux de bison
- Taxa dated
- Bison sp. cranium (id. by P. McKeand)
- Locality
- north bank of the Souris River, 565 m asl, precisely where the Rafferty Dam is now situated, Saskatchewan
- Map sheet
- 62 E/03
- Submitter
- J.T. Finnigan
- Date submitted
- July 11, 0096
- Measured Age
- 1180 ± 80
- Normalized Age
- 1260 ± 80
- δ13C (per mil)
- -20.0
- Significance
- culture?
- Context
- cairn
- Associated taxa
- Mammalia: Homo sapiens, Leporidae 14, Spermophilus richardsonii 90, Microtus ochrogaster cf. 58, Ondatra zibethicus 4, Castor canadensis 1, Vulpes velox 2, Taxidea taxus 1, Canidae 10, Bison bison 27; Aves 71: Anatidae 9, Tetraoninae 1, Passeriformes 18; Pisces 4; Mollusca
- Comments
- DgMs-53, Mad Dog: The site consisted of 47 stone circles and one cairn in an area of 9.9 ha. The cairn contained a bison skull that was sampled for radiocarbon dating. No diagnostic artifacts were directly associated with the cairn.