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Canada / AB / FhQl-6 (Track) / BGS-1153
- Lab number
- BGS-1153
- Material dated
- charcoal; charbon de bois
- Locality
- Jasper National Park, Athabasca River, Alberta
- Map sheet
- 83 F/05
- Submitter
- R. Pickard
- Date submitted
- March 22, 0099
- Measured Age
- 3130 ± 200
- Normalized Age
- 3130 ± 200
- δ13C (per mil)
- -25.0
- Significance
- geoarchaeology; géoarchéologie
- Stratigraphic component
- Period 1
- Context
- end of Period 1, an Ah horizon between St. Helens Yn tephra and the base of the modern Bm horizon
- Comments
- FhQl-6, Track: This site was discovered by Thomas Head during a resource impact assessment of a C.N.R. twinning project. Radiocarbon dates associated with cultural materials are consistent with the age of St. Helens Yn tephra (3500-3300 BP) that is present in the stratigraphic profile.