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Lab number
Beta-158747
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
Measured Age
15480 ± 60
Normalized Age
4160 ± 70
Significance
culture?
Stratigraphic component
composite sample from, 90 cm shovel test at base of shell depositback ridge, S56-57/W50-52, Later 17+C,
Context
back ridge, S56-57/W50-52, Later 17+C, composite sample from, 90 cm shovel test at base of shell deposit
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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