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Lab number
GSC-1730
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Taxa dated
(3.7 g)
Locality
north side of Athabasca River near outlet of Brule Lake, 993 m asl, Alberta
Map sheet
83 F/05
Submitter
B.O.K. Reeves and N.W. Rutter
Date submitted
March 13, 0098
Measured Age
2870 ± 180
Normalized Age
2870 ± 180
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
culture?
Context
within section of aeolian sand, 1.7 m depth, 3 m above beach sand, 5 m above lake level, with a hearth on top of red iron-stained sand beneath brown sand
Comments
FiQl-1: A prehistoric hearth was observed in a road cut. W. Blake, Jr. notes that the date provides a minimum age for the underlying Brule Lake beach and indicates a period of dune stability.

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