CARD fuzzes location data for public visitors to the database. Accessing CARD's full capabilities requires an account available only to researchers at accredited institutions.
Lab number
BGS-1130
Material dated
cultigen; cultigène
Taxa dated
charred Zea mays
Locality
north shore of Lake Erie, east side of Morgan's Point, 35 km west of the Niagara River, Niagara County, Ontario
Map sheet
30 L/14
Submitter
J. Pengelly
Date submitted
April 7, 0097
Measured Age
460 ± 80
Normalized Age
705 ± 95
δ13C (per mil)
-10.0
Significance
Late Woodland, Middleport; Sylvicole supérieur
Stratigraphic component
Layer 1
Context
firepit in occupation layer 1, organic-rich sand
Associated taxa
cultigen: Zea mays (see also BGS-987)
Additional information
It is assumed that this date was not corrected previously for isotopic fractionation.
Comments
AfGu-2, Bonisteel: A Middleport village is underlain by an earlier, unidentified component. Cooper and Savage (1994: 11) report that salvage work on this estimated 2 ha site was restricted to the area of an eroding bank on Lake Erie. The site may have been occupied year-round, but the faunal evidence only confirms warm-weather occupation. Three artifacts include a modified beaver incisor and two worked mammal bones of uncertain purpose.

References