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Lab number
S-1318
Material dated
bison bone collagen; collagène osseux de bison
Taxa dated
Bison sp. (id. by T.S. Phenix)
Locality
on the Lake Diefenbaker shore near Birsay, South Saskatchewan valley, Saskatchewan
Map sheet
72 O/02
Submitter
T.S. Phenix
Date submitted
July 11, 0096
Measured Age
1600 ± 110
Normalized Age
1680 ± 110
δ13C (per mil)
-20.0
Significance
Woodland, Avonlea; Sylvicole
Context
cultural layer 15 cm depth in multicomponent site
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Bison sp
Comments
EgNr-2, Camp Rayner: It is a multicomponent habitation and kill site, with a radiocarbon date (S-1318) on bison bone collected by T.S. Phenix from 15 cm below surface associated with Avonlea points. More recent excavations by the Saskatchewan Archaeological Society field school have yielded a second date (S-3115) on charcoal collected 92-94 cm below surface and 5.5-7.5 cm above the base of a lanceolate (late Plano?) spearpoint (T. Jones, p.c. 1992). This date provides no more than a distant limit on the age of the spearpoint.

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