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Lab number
n/a-47
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
in a hanging valley about 15 m above the present floor of Castor Creek, a tributary of Battle River, Alberta
Map sheet
73 D/05
Submitter
R.G. Forbis
Date submitted
March 12, 0098
Normalized Age
4475 ± 1000
Significance
Archaic, Oxbow; Archaïque
Comments
FbOw-1, Castor Creek: The site was discovered while searching for the origin of a copper crescent found in the creek bed about 15 m downstream. The small artifact assemblage includes five Oxbow points, a small lanceolate point similar to McKean, and a larger lanceolate specimen.

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