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Lab number
S-826
Field number
CMC- 637
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
atop the bluffs overlooking Seven Person's Creek, 661 m asl, at Medicine Hat, South Saskatchewan drainage, Alberta
Map sheet
72 L/02
Submitter
L. Milne-Brumley
Date submitted
March 6, 0098
Measured Age
3690 ± 95
Normalized Age
3690 ± 95
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
Woodland, Old Women's, anomalous, old; Sylvicole, anormal, vieux
Context
unit 17, feature 5, a large rock-filled basin hearth
Comments
EaOp-4, Stampede Camp: On the basis of ceramics and projectile point typology, this is a very late prehistoric site, and S-826 is much older than expected. No diagnostic artifacts of an older period were found. However, the date should not be rejected, because most of the site had been destroyed by deflation. It could have been a multicomponent site, although supporting evidence is lacking. The charcoal submitted was unquestionably associated with the hearth, and there was no evidence of disturbance.

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