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Lab number
Beta-2265
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
20 km northeast of Charlottetown, on the north shore of Clode Sound, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland
Map sheet
2 C/05
Submitter
A.I. Sawicki
Date submitted
July 28, 0099
Normalized Age
2480 ± 80
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Groswater Dorset; Paléoesquimau, Dorsétien Groswater
Context
Area D, feature 5, an extension of the feature 2 hearth, with two Palaeoeskimo endblades, two scrapers, two knives, and a burin-like tool
Comments
DcAk-3, Moose Pasture: This is predominantly a Palaeoeskimo site, but it contains a small number of artifacts suggesting Indian occupation and a large number of historic items attributed to the operation of a nearby sawmill.

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