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Canada / ON / AfHc-___2 (Elliott) / I-13097
- Lab number
- I-13097
- Material dated
- charcoal; charbon de bois
- Locality
- Big Otter Creek, Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk County, Ontario
- Map sheet
- 40 I/16
- Submitter
- W.A. Fox
- Date submitted
- March 14, 0097
- Normalized Age
- 760 ± 80
- Significance
- Late Woodland, Glen Meyer; Sylvicole supérieur
- Context
- Feature 283
- Associated taxa
- Mammalia 1351, Odocoileus virginianus 276, Sciurus carolinensis 27, Procyon lotor 15, Castor canadensis 7, Ursus americanus 5, Microtus pennsylvanicus 4, Tamias striatus 4, Marmota monax 3, Alces alces 1, Martes americana 1, Martes pennanti 1, Homo sapiens; Aves 17, Aythya marila 14, Meleagris gallopavo 3, Cyanocitta cristata 2, Aves Reptilia Amphibia Pisces Mollusca cultigen Flora
- Comments
- AfHc-2, Elliott: This palisaded Glen Meyer village of 24 houses covers <0.5 ha. Cooper and Savage (1994: 29) report that salvage excavation of the threatened north portion of the site, actually three villages, yielded 29272 faunal specimens of which 68% were bony fish, 27% mammal, 3% avian, with 39% identified below the class level. Identification of 73 species, all within their current ranges, points to thorough exploitation of local fauna. Evidence appears for occupation during all seasons of the year. Some faunal elements may have had ceremonial significance. Among 60 artifacts there are bone beads, antler tools, debitage, and a comb, pointed and polished bones, drilled turtle shell, and modified beaver incisors. Fauna: Ectopistes migratorius 1, Aquila chrysaetos? 1, Tetraoninae 1; Amphibia: Bufo sp 7; Reptilia: Testudines 11, Chrysemys picta 23, Emydoidea blandingi 1; Pisces 4692, Acipenser fulvescens 8, Amia calva 3, Salmo sp 1, Coregonus sp 9, Esox lucius 6, Catostomus sp 17, Ictalurus punctatus 11, Ictalurus nebulosus 19, Ambloplites rupestris 761, Anguilla rostrata 2, Lepomis sp 1, Lepomis gibbosus 338, Lepomis macrochirus 15, Morone chrysops 4, Micropterus sp 290, Micropterus salmoides 6, Micropterus dolomieui 12, Perciformes 322, Perca flavescens 152, Stizostedion vitreum 10, Lota lota 45; Mollusca: Marginella sp 3, Elliptio sp 2; cultigen: Zea mays 261, Cucurbita pepo 1, Nicotiana rustica 6; Flora: Juglans cinerea 105, Prunus sp 1, Rubus sp 60, Fragaria sp 7, Rhus sp 5, Chenopodium sp 4, Portulaca sp 2, Solanum sp 2, Aralia sp 1