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Lab number
BGS-920
Material dated
freshwater mollusc shell; coquille de mollusque d'eau douce
Taxa dated
Unionidae
Locality
left (west) bank of the Red River, just northeast of the city of Winnipeg, near the mouth of Parkes Creek, Manitoba
Map sheet
62 I/03
Submitter
E. Nielsen
Date submitted
May 22, 0098
Measured Age
4980 ± 125
Normalized Age
5255 ± 135
δ13C (per mil)
-8.0
Significance
culture?
Context
section A, 4.5 m depth
Associated taxa
Mollusca: Unionidae
Additional information
It is assumed that this date was not corrected previously for isotopic fractionation.
Comments
EaLg-9, Wright: Six sections were examined along a 20 m stretch just upstream from the creek mouth. Bison bones from section A were submitted for radiocarbon dating. This section exposed four prominent soils, four bone horizons, two charcoal layers, and two reddish-brown zones formed by burning. It was subsequently investigated as an archaeological site, situated at what is now the largest and most prominent rapids on the Red River.

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