PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF LITHIC TOOLS FROM THE WALLY’S BEACH SITE (DhPg-8), ALBERTA, CANADA

Water was drained from the artificial St. Mary’s irrigation reservoir leaving the bottom exposed along with bones and trackways of late Pleistocene animals and stone artifacts. Three lithic artifacts were recovered from Wally’s Beach Site (DhPg-8), a possible hunting and butchering site situated in the draw down zone of the St. Mary’s irrigation reservoir, Alberta, Canada. One of the lithics was associated with camel remains while another was recovered among horse remains. The third item, a Clovis point, was not associated with any remains. When the site was occupied, approximately 11,200 RCYBP, the area was an island in the St. Mary’s River.

加拿大阿尔伯塔省圣玛丽人工灌溉水库（St. Mary’s irrigation reservoir）抽干水体后，库底裸露，同时露出了更新世晚期（late Pleistocene）动物骨骼、足迹遗迹与石制遗物（lithic artifacts）。研究人员从位于该水库消落带的沃利海滩遗址（Wally’s Beach Site，编号DhPg-8）中发掘出三件石制遗物，该遗址被推测为一处狩猎与屠宰场所。其中一件石制遗物与骆驼遗骸伴生，另一件出土于马遗骸堆积中；第三件为克洛维斯尖状器（Clovis point），未与任何动物遗骸共存。该遗址的人类活动年代约为距今11200 RCYBP，彼时这片区域为圣玛丽河中的一座岛屿。