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Lab number
Beta-27929
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Type of date
Archaeological
Locality
Marpole district, southern limits of Vancouver, Fraser delta, British Columbia
Map sheet
92 G/03
Submitter
Arcas Associates
Date submitted
June 4, 0098
Normalized Age
1540 ± 110
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
δ13C Source
Estimated
Significance
Marpole
Comments
DhRs-1, Marpole: This site has also been known as the Great Fraser Midden and the Vancouver shell midden. It is the type site of the Marpole culture, representing a climax in the cultural development of the Fraser delta. Borden refers to another date of 2900 +/- 170 BP, which is now presumed to be erroneous (McCallum and Dyck, 1960: 77). The date of S-93, which appears reasonable when considered in terms of the overall cultural development of the region, was taken from the western extremity of the site, while deeper and presumably older portions of the site lay farther east.

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