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Lab number
Beta-57995
Material dated
marine shell; coquillage
Taxa dated
Mya arenaria
Locality
Bliss Islands, Bay of Fundy, Charlotte County, New Brunswick
Map sheet
21 G/02
Submitter
D.W. Black
Date submitted
November 12, 0097
Measured Age
60 ± 50
Normalized Age
500 ± 50
δ13C (per mil)
1.9
Significance
historic; historique
Stratigraphic component
Layer 2
Context
unit W11, layer 2
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Castor canadensis, Microtus pennsylvanicus, Lepus americanus, Martes americana, Mustela sp, Lutra canadensis, Felis domesticus, Bos taurus, Sus scrofa, Capra hircus, Ovis aries; Aves Pisces
Comments
BgDr-66, Loyalist: This represents the Loyalist occupation of the Bliss homestead and is known to have spanned a 20-year interval from AD 1783 to AD 1803. Black (1995a) uses this marine shell date to calculate the local marine reservoir effect. Fauna: Aves: Anserini, Anas acuta, Bucephala albeola, Bucephala clangula, Mergus serrator, Somateria mollissima, Gallus gallus, Larus argentatus, Larus marinus, Alca torda, Cepphus grylle, Uria lomvia, Junco hyemalis, Corvus brachyrhynchos; Pisces: Squalus acanthias, Gadus morhua, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, Pollachius virens; Mollusca: Nucella lapillus, Buccinum undatum, Neptunea decemcostata, Colus stimpsoni, Littorina, Mya arenaria, Hiatella arctica, Placopecten magellanicus, Modiolus modiolus, Mytilus edulis; Arthropoda: Balanus

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