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Lab number
GaK-1489
Field number
CMC-_119
Material dated
plant remains; restes de plantes
Taxa dated
Betula sp. bark
Locality
small cave on Burntside Lake, Quetico Provincial Park, Rainy River District, Ontario
Map sheet
52 B/12
Submitter
K.E. Kidd
Date submitted
January 26, 0098
Measured Age
390 ± 70
Normalized Age
390 ± 70
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
Algonkian; Algonquien
Context
cave surface, associated with wooden wands and red-painted stick
Comments
DdJw-5, Burntside Lake: A date on bark interpreted as a Midewiwin birchbark scroll suggests that the central Algonkian Midewiwin Society dates to the precontact period.

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