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Lab number
Beta-147071
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
Benson Island, in the Broken Group, Barkley Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Map sheet
92 C/14
Date uploaded
February 14, 2020
Normalized Age
3580 ± 80
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
culture?
Stratigraphic component
early component on back ridge, lowest shell layer, among rocks of burial cairnS58-60/W60-63, Layer 9D
Context
early component on back ridge, S58-60/W60-63, Layer 9D, lowest shell layer, among rocks of burial cairn
Comments
DfSi-16, Ts'ishaa Village, 204T: This is the origin place of the Tseshaht Nation in their oral histories. McMillan dated samples from his excavations, and Fedje submitted a pair of mussel and charcoal samples in a study of the marine reservoir effect.

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