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Lab number
Beta-75884
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
at the extreme southwestern edge of Barkley Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Map sheet
92 C/14
Date submitted
September 3, 0099
Date uploaded
February 14, 2020
Normalized Age
1140 ± 50
Significance
West Coast; Côte ouest
Context
front area, basal sand in front unit, 3 m depth
Comments
DfSi-4, Ch'uumat'a: This is a large conspicuous shell midden about 120 m long and 70 m inland. Consistent with evidence from the Little Beach and Shoemaker Bay sites, McMillan (1998) suggests that the occupants of the Ch'uumat'a site prior to 2000 BP were culturally distinct from the subsequent Nuu-chah-nulth people of this area. The earlier components are similar to the Locarno Beach phase of the Strait of Georgia, and the youngest component belongs to the West Coast culture type as defined by Mitchell (1990).

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