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Lab number
S-2321
Material dated
bison and beaver bone collagen; collagène osseux de bison et castor
Taxa dated
Bison sp. and Castor canadensis (152 g)
Locality
just downstream from the Bushfield West site (FhNa-10), Nipawin project, Saskatchewan River, Saskatchewan
Map sheet
73 H/08
Submitter
D. Meyer
Date submitted
July 11, 0096
Measured Age
175 ± 105
Normalized Age
255 ± 105
δ13C (per mil)
-20.0
Significance
Woodland, Pehonan; Sylvicole
Context
unit 500N/524E, stratum 4, adjacent to a hearth feature
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Bison sp, Castor canadensis
Comments
FhNa-13, Bushfield East: This site is assigned to the Pehonan complex on the basis of its pottery, and it also yielded Plains side-notched and Plains triangular projectile points (Meyer 1981a: 9-14). Unfortunately all of the side-notched points occurred in areas disturbed by bulldozing or cultivation, but two triangular points were closely associated with S-1331. A Pehonan complex sherd yielded a thermoluminescence date of 380 +/- 50 BP (Alpha-3033). S-2322, consisting of a paleosol sample marking the deepest of three levels, is thought to be too recent. Other sites in the area yield Middle Period remains at such depth (70-80 cm), and associated pollen suggests a parkland environment that should be older than 3500 BP (Finnigan, et al. 1983: 121).

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