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Lab number
TO-2952
Material dated
pine charcoal; charbon de pin
Taxa dated
Pinus strobus (162 mg, id. by R. Fecteau)
Locality
tributary of Alder Creek, 350 m asl, Wilmot Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Map sheet
40 P/07
Submitter
P.A. Lennox
Date submitted
January 22, 0098
Normalized Age
8320 ± 60
Significance
Early Archaic, Bifurcate; Archaïque inférieur
Context
Feature 1, square 3N/1W, a hearth in light grey-brown sand
Additional information
AMS date.
Comments
AiHd-89, Blue Dart: Along with the nearby Kassel site (AiHd-71), this is one of the first substantial assemblages of the Early Archaic Bifurcate Base tradition excavated in Ontario. TO-2952 corresponds closely to dates on comparable materials in Tennessee, West Virginia, and Kentucky.

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