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Lab number
S-894
Field number
CMC-_603
Material dated
oak charcoal; charbon de chêne
Taxa dated
Quercus sp.
Locality
Rainy River, 324 m asl, Atwood Township, Rainy River District, Ontario
Map sheet
52 D/15
Submitter
W.A. Kenyon
Date submitted
April 12, 0097
Measured Age
820 ± 65
Normalized Age
820 ± 65
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
Woodland, Rainy River; Sylvicole
Stratigraphic component
Mound 1
Context
mound 1, 0.24S/1.89E, 82 cm below subsoil around center of sub-mound pit, just above multiple secondary burials and grave furniture
Associated taxa
Mammalia 73%, Castor canadensis, Ondatra zibethicus, Canis familiaris, Alces alces, Bison bison MNI=2; Aves, Anatini; Pisces, 4 taxa
Additional information
Cooper and Savage (1994: 43) list a date of 1200 +/- 100 AD and use the Borden number DeKq-2.
Comments
DeKq-3, Hungry Hall: S-894 dates construction of Mound 1 and a collection of 18 complete ceramic vessels. S-109 dates Mound 2. Both dates have previously been assigned to the Blackduck horizon, and both are now considered to represent the Rainy River composite. In their summary of the faunal remains from Mound 1, Cooper and Savage (1994: 44) state that due to the mixture of material from two mound phases and the varied origin of the fill in which specimens were found, inferences on seasonality are limited. They also note that the bison elements (phalanges) could have come from a skin traded in or from hunting south of Rainy River. A preliminary study of the fish bones reveals both spring and autumn spawners. One artifact is an awl made on a dog ulna.

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