Multiple radiocarbon measurements were taken from different portions of the remains, and the results converged on an age of approximately 10,300 calendar years before present.

At the time of the discovery and dating, this made the remains among the oldest known from the Northwest Coast of North America — one of the oldest well-dated sets of human remains from the entire Pacific Rim of the Americas north of Mexico.

The age was extraordinary in the context of what had previously been known about the early human occupation of the region.

The physical analysis of the remains provided information about the individual beyond just the age of his death.