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Lab number
S-256
Material dated
charred wood; bois carbonisé
Locality
10 km south-southwest of the town of Gull Lake, Swiftcurrent valley, South Saskatchewan drainage, Saskatchewan
Map sheet
72 K/02
Submitter
T.F. Kehoe
Date submitted
July 11, 0096
Measured Age
1900 ± 65
Normalized Age
1900 ± 65
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
culture?
Stratigraphic component
Layer 34
Context
Layer 34, Zone 2, 2nd of five soil layers in well sorted fine sand and silt, associated with a bell-shaped limestone pestle at 11 feet (3.3 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.

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