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Lab number
S-203
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
on the escarpment of the Missouri Coteau, 13 km south of Mortlach, Besant valley, Qu'Appelle drainage, Saskatchewan
Map sheet
72 J/08
Submitter
T.F. Kehoe
Date submitted
July 11, 0096
Measured Age
700 ± 80
Normalized Age
700 ± 80
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
Woodland, Prairie; Sylvicole
Stratigraphic component
Layer 6
Context
Layer 6
Comments
EcNm-8, Walter Felt: Twenty stratigraphic layers, with sub-units, were distinguishable in 5 feet (1.5 m) of deposits. No detailed report has been published, but two progress reports have appeared (Ranere 1965; Watson 1966). Kehoe (1973: 164; Sask V: 376-377) summarizes the predominant point types for six charcoal-dated components. Level 4 yielded Plains side-notched points and a radiocarbon date (S-280). Level 6 produced Prairie side-notched points and a radiocarbon date (S-203). Prairie side-notched points also occurred in Level 7 with a somewhat older date (S-202). Level 10 contained Besant (Samantha) points and two dates (S-201, S-260). Level 13 yielded Besant points with a slightly older date (S-200). Level 15b was originally assigned to the Pelican Lake complex (Sask V: 376-377), but Kehoe later changed the assignment to Sandy Creek (Kehoe 1973: 164; also Dyck 1983: 109). It produced one date on charcoal (S-279).

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