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Lab number
S-2561
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
just downstream from the Bushfield West site (FhNa-10), Nipawin project, Saskatchewan River, Saskatchewan
Map sheet
73 H/08
Submitter
D. Meyer
Date submitted
July 11, 0096
Measured Age
800 ± 90
Normalized Age
800 ± 90
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
Woodland, Late Prehistoric; Sylvicole, Préhistorique récent
Context
unit 500N/526E, southeast quad, level 8, 37-40 cm depth, stratum 4 hearth
Comments
FhNa-13, Bushfield East: This site is assigned to the Pehonan complex on the basis of its pottery, and it also yielded Plains side-notched and Plains triangular projectile points (Meyer 1981a: 9-14). Unfortunately all of the side-notched points occurred in areas disturbed by bulldozing or cultivation, but two triangular points were closely associated with S-1331. A Pehonan complex sherd yielded a thermoluminescence date of 380 +/- 50 BP (Alpha-3033). S-2322, consisting of a paleosol sample marking the deepest of three levels, is thought to be too recent. Other sites in the area yield Middle Period remains at such depth (70-80 cm), and associated pollen suggests a parkland environment that should be older than 3500 BP (Finnigan, et al. 1983: 121).

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