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Locality: about 2 km northeast of Aishihik Village, on a bluff 5-6 m above the north end of Aishihik Lake, Alsek drainage, southwestern Yukon Territory
Map sheet: 115 H/11

Significance: Taye Lake
Stratigraphic component: Component 2
Context: depression excavated 2-3" into basal lacustrine clay, N0-5/W10-15, 12" depth
Associated taxa: Mammalia: Rangifer tarandus 241, Alces alces 37, Bison bison 4, Alces or Bison 13, Ovis sp 2, Lepus americanus 399, Ondatra zibethicus 14, Castor canadensis 4, Spermophilus parryii 10, Rodentia 13, Lynx canadensis 1, Ursus sp 1; Aves 12; Pisces 7: Esox lucius 7

Additional information: The faunal list includes remains from sub-ash Levels 1-6.
Comments: JjVi-7, Chimi: Component 1, situated above White River ash, is assigned to the Aishihik phase, the late prehistoric antecedents of the Athabaskan residents of the area. Component 2, situated below White River ash, is assigned to the Taye Lake phase. GSC-940 and GSC-941 indicate that there was a time lapse of about 4000 years between the draining of glacial lake Sekulman-Aishihik and the beginning of occupation at this site. Workman considered GSC-956 to be anomalous, because it is younger than the overlying ash layer. However, Blake (GSC-X: 481) noted that this date corresponds closely with several others on the east lobe of the White River tephra. Component 3 is a lower peat deposit within the lacustrine clay at the bottom of the site. It yielded unidentified animal bones, non-diagnostic artifacts, and one radiocarbon date (S-1281).

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