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Lab number
SFU-119
Material dated
bison bone collagen; collagène osseux de bison
Taxa dated
Bison sp.
Locality
east side of the North Saskatchewan River, near the eastern limits of the city of Edmonton, Strathcona County, Alberta
Map sheet
83 H/11
Submitter
J.C. Driver
Date submitted
January 24, 0098
Normalized Age
2820 ± 80
δ13C (per mil)
-19.0
Significance
Archaic, Oxbow, anomalous, young; Archaïque, anormal, jeune
Context
bison processing area of Middle Prehistoric lithic workshop and habitation site, to date the earliest occupation of the site
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Bison sp
Comments
FjPi-29, Strathcona: This site has been excavated as an archaeological field school for many years. Diagnostic artifacts include McKean, Hanna, Pelican Lake, Besant, and late side-notched projectile points, but the exact associations between these types and the radiocarbon dates have not yet been reported.

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