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Lab number
S-874
Field number
CMC- 447
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
on one of the upper terraces of Old Man Creek, about 3.2 km from its confluence with the North Saskatchewan River, northeast of Edmonton, Alberta
Map sheet
83 H/11
Submitter
R. Bonnichsen
Date submitted
March 13, 0098
Measured Age
3620 ± 320
Normalized Age
3620 ± 320
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
culture?
Context
northwest corner of northeast test block, at the bottom of the fossil bison level
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Bison sp
Comments
FjPh-101, Flach: Excavation uncovered the remains of at least two bison larger than contemporary forms, with many of the long bones placed in piles. The tip to tip measurement of the horn cores, >90 cm, is larger than normally observed in modern bison. Bonnichsen suggests that these remains may represent the youngest dated ~Bison occidentalis< skeletons yet recovered in the northern Plains. The only two artifacts recovered are a flake and a non-diagnostic triangular point made on a quartzite flake.

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