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Lab number
GSC-1157
Field number
CMC- 321
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
Kitselas Canyon, Skeena River, British Columbia
Map sheet
103 I/09
Date submitted
April 11, 0098
Date uploaded
February 14, 2020
Normalized Age
3680 ± 130
δ13C (per mil)
-22.5
Significance
Gitaus
Context
level 8, sand below large rock feature, 118" above datum
Comments
GdTc-2, Gitaus: This is a stratified fishing station at the downstream end of the canyon. In historic times it was a village of the Kitselas tribe of the Tsimshian, and briefly it was the location of a Euro-Canadian steamboat station and village. As summarized by Coupland, the Gitaus site was first occupied during the Gitaus phase (4300-3600 BP) when it probably served as a summer-fall base camp similar to the second oldest component at the Paul Mason site (GdTc-16). The subsequent Skeena phase (3600-3200 BP) is also known from the Gitaus site but was not recorded at the Paul Mason site. The Paul Mason phase (3200-2700 BP) represents the first permanent village in Kitselas Canyon and is known from the Paul Mason site but not from the Gitaus site. The Gitaus site became a permanent village during the Kleanza phase (2500-1500 BP) which was not recorded at the Paul Mason site.

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