CARD

Locality: 10 km south-southwest of the town of Gull Lake, Swiftcurrent valley, South Saskatchewan drainage, Saskatchewan
Map sheet: 72 K/02

Significance: Woodland, Avonlea; Sylvicole
Stratigraphic component: Layer 31a
Context: Layer 31a, Zone 3, gray soil containing whole to nearly whole bison bones, beneath a large bison skull at 9 feet (2.7 m) depth
Associated taxa: Mammalia: Bison sp

Comments: EaOd-1, Gull Lake: Kehoe (1973) described the complex stratigraphy of this site in terms of 52 layers grouped into five zones. Kehoe (1973: 40) considers that the use of this site as a bison drive begins with Layer 32, and any earlier occupations represent campsites. Zone 5 (Layers 1-14) yielded mainly Plains side-notched and also some Prairie side-notched points. Zone 4 (Layers 15-24) yielded mainly Prairie side-notched points as well as some Avonlea points in Layer 24, and two radiocarbon dates were obtained. Charcoal from Layer 21 was associated with Prairie side-notched points (S-150). Charcoal from Layer 24b was associated with Prairie side-notched and a few Avonlea points (S-149. Zone 3 (Layers 25-32) yielded Avonlea points and two radiocarbon dates on charred wood from Layer 26 (S-254) and Layer 31a (S-255). Zone 2 (Layers 33-40) yielded no diagnostic artifacts, but a bell-shaped pestle was found in Layer 34 and a battered quartzite pebble in Layer 40. One radiocarbon date was obtained on Layer 34 (S-256). Dyck (1983: 110) lists this as a date for the Besant complex, a speculation based on the similarity between the bell-shaped pestle and a pestle from Layer VII at the Sjovold site (I. Dyck, p.c. 1992). Zone 1 (Layers 41-52) yielded isolated bone fragments and charcoal that could signify human occupation in Layer 47, but no artifacts were found.

Canada / SK / EaOd-1 (Gull Lake) / S-255