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Lab number
GaK-1871
Field number
CMC- 274
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
east side of the mouth of Honna River, Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia
Map sheet
103 F/08
Date submitted
April 12, 0098
Date uploaded
February 14, 2020
Normalized Age
3300 ± 100
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
Graham
Context
lower shell zone at the west end of the profile overlying basal gravel
Comments
FhUa-1, Honna River: This is a stratified shell midden 3.6 m deep, overlain by 60 cm of recent humus accumulation. It was not used by the historic Haida. The fauna differs greatly from that of the mainland. MacDonald states that the site was studied at the suggestion of S. Brown who revealed this shell deposit on a strand line of Graham Island dated around 8000 years ago. The deposit represents a dump behind a prehistoric village, and it accumulated long after the drop in sea level that formed the strand.

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