CARD fuzzes location data for public visitors to the database. Accessing CARD's full capabilities requires an account available only to researchers at accredited institutions.
Lab number
Beta-n/a-6
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
Thames River valley, 210 m asl, Delaware Township, Middlesex County, Ontario
Map sheet
40 I/14
Submitter
J.A. Wilson
Date submitted
August 31, 0098
Normalized Age
3150 ± 200
Significance
Middle Woodland, Saugeen, anomalous old; Sylvicole moyen, anormal, vieux
Context
ash lens above a hearth in level 3
Comments
AfHi-121, Boresma: Five dates have been obtained for this Saugeen site, four of them judged acceptable by Wilson but only three listed by Spence et al., the latter omitting the oldest of the four. Cooper and Savage (1994: 11) report that excavation of <3% of this 0.84 ha site produced 45669 faunal specimens through surface collection and 1/4" screening, as well as 2946 from flotation material collected from 14 proveniences. Analysis suggests that the site was used at various times of the year, with a definite spring fishery indicated by the large numbers of suckers and walleye/sauger. Thirty-nine artifacts include both worked bone and antler.

References