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Canada / SK / EcNm-8 (Walter Felt) / S-260
- Lab number
- S-260
- Material dated
- charcoal; charbon de bois
- Locality
- on the escarpment of the Missouri Coteau, 13 km south of Mortlach, Besant valley, Qu'Appelle drainage, Saskatchewan
- Map sheet
- 72 J/08
- Submitter
- T.F. Kehoe
- Date submitted
- July 11, 0096
- Measured Age
- 1535 ± 90
- Normalized Age
- 1535 ± 90
- δ13C (per mil)
- -25.0
- Significance
- Woodland, Besant; Sylvicole
- Stratigraphic component
- Layer 10
- Context
- Layer 10
- Comments
- EcNm-8, Walter Felt: Twenty stratigraphic layers, with sub-units, were distinguishable in 5 feet (1.5 m) of deposits. No detailed report has been published, but two progress reports have appeared (Ranere 1965; Watson 1966). Kehoe (1973: 164; Sask V: 376-377) summarizes the predominant point types for six charcoal-dated components. Level 4 yielded Plains side-notched points and a radiocarbon date (S-280). Level 6 produced Prairie side-notched points and a radiocarbon date (S-203). Prairie side-notched points also occurred in Level 7 with a somewhat older date (S-202). Level 10 contained Besant (Samantha) points and two dates (S-201, S-260). Level 13 yielded Besant points with a slightly older date (S-200). Level 15b was originally assigned to the Pelican Lake complex (Sask V: 376-377), but Kehoe later changed the assignment to Sandy Creek (Kehoe 1973: 164; also Dyck 1983: 109). It produced one date on charcoal (S-279).