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Lab number
AECV-1227C
Material dated
marine shell; coquillage
Locality
Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Map sheet
92 F/04
Submitter
I.R. Wilson
Date submitted
March 8, 0099
Normalized Age
1480 ± 100
Significance
culture?
Context
unit 6, on the upper bench, 80-85 cm depth
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Odocoileus hemionus, Canis familiaris, Lutra canadensis, Phoca vitulina, Enhydra lutris, Delphinidae, Callorhinus ursinus; Aves, Gavia immer, Phalacrocorax auritus, Puffinus griseus, Diomedea albatrus, Anserinae, Melanitta fusca, cf. Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Larus sp, Uria aalge, Passeriformes; Pisces (21 taxa); Mollusca (17 taxa)
Comments
DgSl-61, Chesterman Beach: This site is listed in Hutchinson's study of sea level change, and the archaeological findings have not been published. In view of the operational histories of the laboratories in question, it is assumed that these marine shell dates have already been corrected for isotopic fractionation. Fauna: Pisces, Engraulis mordax, Rhacochilus vacca, Enophrys bison, Leptocottus armatus, Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus, Hexagrammos sp, Squalus acanthias, Raja, Hydrolagus colliei, Oncorhynchus sp, Platichthys stellatus, Citharichthys sordidus, Eopsetta jordani, Hippoglossus stenolepis, Lepidopsetta bilineata, Pleuronichthys decurrens, Psettichthys melanostictus, Gadus macrocephalus, Ophiodon elongatus, Sebastes sp, Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

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