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Lab number
BGS-2031
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
Jasper National Park, north bank of the Snake Indian River, Athabasca drainage, Alberta
Map sheet
93 G/08
Submitter
C. Hudecek-Cuffe
Date submitted
May 28, 0099
Measured Age
2648 ± 80
Normalized Age
2682 ± 80
δ13C (per mil)
-22.89
Significance
culture?
Stratigraphic component
Component 4
Context
component IV
Comments
FgQm-59, Site 243R: In cooperation with Parks Canada, the Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta, has excavated this deeply stratified, multicomponent site as a field school taught by Caroline Hudecek-Cuffe. After three seasons of excavation (1996-98), the recovered materials indicate occupations spanning the Early, Middle and Late Prehistoric periods. The upper occupations include hearth features, fired rock concentrations, and lithic concentrations of red ochre, quartz, and silicified siltstone. The middle and lower occupations are defined primarily by silicified siltstone/mudstone debitage and discrete lithic work station areas. The earliest component is defined by the presence of a Palaeoindian point base recovered from the same level as TO-6848 and CAMS-41241.

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