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Canada / AB / FdOt-9 (Wells) / Beta-23700
- Lab number
- Beta-23700
- Material dated
- bone collagen; collagène osseux
- Locality
- within a sand dune area near a small slough, about 1.75 km west of the Battle River, east-central Alberta
- Map sheet
- 73 D/11
- Submitter
- G.S.L. Stuart
- Date submitted
- January 15, 0098
- Measured Age
- 1540 ± 60
- Normalized Age
- 1620 ± 65
- δ13C (per mil)
- -20.0
- Significance
- Woodland, Besant; Sylvicole
- Stratigraphic component
- Level 5
- Context
- Level 5, 45 cm depth
- Comments
- FdOt-9, Wells: A 46 sq. m excavation yielded 1020 artifacts, 1925 faunal specimens (mainly small fragments), and 2477 pieces of fired rock. This is a multi-component campsite with evidence of extensive food processing that may have been associated with bison pounding. The initial occupation appears to represent a Samantha (Besant) campsite dating to about AD 500. One or more Old Women's phase occupations followed, ranging from AD 700 to AD 800.