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Lab number
I-4972
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
southeast of Brantford, between Mohawk Lake and Grand River oxbow, overlooking Grand River, 198 m asl, Brantford Township, Brant County, Ontario
Map sheet
40 P/01
Submitter
W.C. Noble
Date submitted
September 11, 0096
Measured Age
1130 ± 100
Normalized Age
1130 ± 100
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
Late Woodland, Princess Point / Glen Meyer; Sylvicole supérieur
Context
House 3, pit 2
Associated taxa
Mammalia 496, Sciurus carolinensis 422-12, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus 26-3, Tamias striatus 16-2, Marmota monax 11-1, Ondatra zibethicus 28-4, Castor canadensis 34-3, Erethizon dorsatum 3-1, Canis familiaris 8-1, Canis lupus 1-1, Procyon lotor 4-1, Ursus americanus 15-1, Mustela vison 2-1, Martes americana 1-1, Lynx rufus 2-1, Odocoileus virginianus 19-1, Alces alces 1-1, Aves Reptilia Amphibia Pisces Mollusca cultigen Flora
Comments
AgHb-1, Porteous: According to Stothers, the site is a small, 0.1 ha, palisaded agricultural village with incipient longhouses inside palisades and five discrete middens outside the palisades. Williamson lists it as a Glen Meyer village covering >0.5 ha, with a two-row palisade enclosing 2+ houses. Fauna: Ovis aries 1 (intrusive?), Homo sapiens 8; Aves 43, Gavia stellata 1-1, Podiceps grisegena 2-1, Bucephala clangula 1-1, Clangula hyemalis 1-1, Lophodytes cucullatus 1-1, Mergus merganser 1-1, Bonasa umbellus 5-2, Alcidae 1-1, Ectopistes migratorius 8-2, Strix varia 2-1; Reptilia 16, Clemmys guttata 1, Clemmys insculpta 36, Emydoidea blandingi 1; Amphibia: Ranidae 63; Pisces 1111, Acipenser fulvescens 3-1, Amia calva 1-1, Catostomidae 77-9, Catostomus sp 31-6, Moxostoma sp 48-11, Ictalurus sp 34-3, Ictalurus nebulosus 21-6, Serranidae 1-1, Micropterus sp 12-4, Micropterus dolomieui 28-3, Micropterus salmoides 10-2, Amploplites rupestris 7-1, Stizostedion sp 92-7, Perca flavescens 2-1, Aplodinotus grunniens 2-1; Class uncertain 2; Mollusca: Eliptio complanatus cf. 1, Goniobasis livescens 1; cultigen: Zea mays; Flora: Crataegus sp, Carya sp, Corylus sp, Prunus americana, Prunus serotina, Vitis sp, Juglans cinerea, Juglans nigra, Quercus alba, Fagus grandifolia, Ulmus sp, Acer sp

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