Analysis reveals phytolith and starch evidence of use in ancestral Blackfoot occupations, suggesting historical significance.
A Late Precontact groundstone tool recovered on the exterior of a tipi ring was washed by the client to obtain phytolith and starch evidence of use. Situated on the first river terrace of Bow River, this stone feature and campsite likely represents ancestral Blackfoot occupation and possibly one or more Middle Precontact occupations.
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