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Lab number
AECV-1114C
Material dated
marine shell; coquillage
Locality
Sechelt Inlet, Strait of Georgia, British Columbia
Map sheet
92 G/05
Submitter
I.R. Wilson
Date submitted
July 4, 2001
Measured Age
2290 ± 100
Normalized Age
2700 ± 120
δ13C (per mil)
-0.0
Significance
Marpole
Context
shell midden, 40 cm depth
Additional information
Wilson states that del C-13 was not measured, and he reports only the uncorrected age as a method of ignoring the marine reservoir effect.
Comments
DiRw-16: This shell midden produced the first pedastalled zoomorphic stone bowl from a dated archaeological context. The bowl is pecked and ground in the form of a bird, and it is attributed to a Marpole component.

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