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Lab number
GSC-1140
Field number
CMC- 252
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
at the southeast corner of Calling Lake, 644 m asl, Athabasca drainage, Alberta
Map sheet
83 P/03
Submitter
R. Gruhn
Date submitted
March 13, 0098
Measured Age
390 ± 130
Normalized Age
410 ± 130
δ13C (per mil)
-23.5
Significance
culture?
Context
square E13, brown clayey silt with gravel, directly underlying the oldest occupation in the site
Comments
GhPh-106, Calling Lake: The site is situated on a low sandy ridge about 100 m from the present lake shore, on the south edge of a low area that appears to be a former cove or inlet of the lake. It is a stratified campsite, but cultural affiliations are undetermined. The recent age of GSC-1140 is quite unexpected as the stratigraphic situation suggests an early postglacial dating for the gravelly zone and the overlying brown clayey silt zone. The sample may have consisted of an intrusive root. Other roots were observed at this level.

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