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Gray Burial Site

Oxbow complex burial ground in Saskatchewan, Canada

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Gray Burial Site is an Oxbow complex burial ground located near Swift Current, Saskatchewan. It is notable for being an Aboriginal burial ground located on the Canadian prairies and being one of the oldest sites of this type found.

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Discovery

1963

Archaeological work begins

1969

National Historic Site designation

1973

Burial inventory reported

2012

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Burial and Funerary Structures

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Canada

Coordinates

50.34° N, -107.88° E