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Lab number
Beta-158743
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
4430 ± 80
Significance
culture?
Stratigraphic component
red-brown clay at the base of depositsback ridge, S58-60/W64-66, Layer 10E
Context
back ridge, S58-60/W64-66, Layer 10E, red-brown clay at the base of deposits
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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