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Lab number
S-2856
Material dated
bison bone collagen; collagène osseux de bison
Taxa dated
Bison sp. (id. by A. Ramsay)
Locality
about 19 km east of the elbow of the South Saskatchewan River and 10 km north of the Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan
Map sheet
72 O/01
Submitter
A. Ramsay
Date submitted
July 11, 0096
Measured Age
1575 ± 115
Normalized Age
1655 ± 115
δ13C (per mil)
-20.0
Significance
Woodland, Besant; Sylvicole
Context
cultural layer, north and west areas, unit 95s/51e, NW quad, Level 2
Associated taxa
see S-1641
Comments
EgNn-1, Melhagen: It is a Besant bison kill site. A detailed analysis by Ramsay (1991) considers the significance of six radiocarbon dates. She believes that the youngest date (S-2857) may have been contaminated by algae or fungi. The remaining five dates overlap at their 2-sigma limits, but the two youngest barely overlap the two oldest. The oldest three dates (S-491, S-1640, and S-2855) were obtained from the southern and central areas of the site, and they can be averaged. The other two dates (S-2856 and S-1641) were obtained from the northern and western areas of the site, and they yield a younger average age. Ramsay (1991: 150) notes that the projectile point analysis and the faunal analysis also suggest the presence of more than one occupation.

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