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Lab number
S-957
Material dated
bone collagen; collagène osseux
Locality
on a point on the east shore of Wapisu Lake, at Rat River, 244 m asl, about 18 km west of Nelson House, Churchill drainage, Manitoba
Map sheet
63 O/14
Submitter
W. Wiersum
Date submitted
March 30, 0097
Measured Age
800 ± 180
Normalized Age
880 ± 180
δ13C (per mil)
-20.0
Significance
Woodland, Blackduck; Sylvicole
Stratigraphic component
Component 1
Context
greyish brown clay, Unit 90&92n122w, Levels 1-2, Feature 74-11, 8-12 cm depth
Associated taxa
Mammalia 9172: Artiodactyla 28, Cervidae 4, Carnivora 1, Ursus americanus 4, Canidae 1, Castor canadensis 52, Lepus americanus 2, Ondatra zibethicus 5, Erethizon dorsatum 2; Aves 5; Pisces 98: Esox lucius 2, Catostomus sp 7; Mollusca 4: Lampsilis sp 1, Sphaeridae 2; class uncertain 28
Additional information
Sample was small, diluted with dead gas; result is anomalous in relation to S-959 from the same unit. The faunal list is for Level 1.
Comments
GkLs-1, Wapisu (UNR 26): This is a multicomponent site containing mainly Laurel occupation debris with lesser amounts of late Archaic, Blackduck, and historic material. Due to slope instability, root penetration and trampling, there is considerable vertical admixture of different components, and the Laurel and Blackduck sherds reach their peak frequencies in the same excavation level. Separate activity and occupation loci can be traced horizontally, and the radiocarbon dates can be assigned to occupation components by their associations with cultural features. Tisdale and Jamieson (1982: 54-56) provide detailed discussions of radiocarbon sample associations that are reflected in this data base.

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