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Lab number
GSC-1296
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
exposed in the east bank of Ross Creek, 770 m asl, about 3.2 km southwest of Irvine, South Saskatchewan drainage, Alberta
Map sheet
72 E/16
Submitter
A.M. Stalker
Date submitted
January 12, 0098
Measured Age
1150 ± 140
Normalized Age
1180 ± 140
δ13C (per mil)
-23.3
Significance
Woodland, Avonlea; Sylvicole
Context
hearth in alluvium, 3.7 m depth, 4.9 m above the creek level, associated with bison bones and Avonlea artifacts
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Bison sp
Comments
DlOn-2, Ross Creek: It is a bison kill site 200 m southeast of the Larson site (DlOn-3) that may be a contemporaneous campsite.

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