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Lab number
SI-2155
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
in a small cove on the south side of Moores Island, a small island at the north end of Moores Island Tickle, 3.4 m asl, Okak area, Labrador
Map sheet
14 F/12
Submitter
S.L. Cox
Date submitted
June 29, 0097
Normalized Age
1450 ± 95
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, middle Dorset; Paléoesquimau, Dorsétien moyen
Context
hearth area with a thick concentration of charcoal, some burned fat, and Dorset artifacts
Comments
HjCk-1, Moores Island 1: In addition to a tent ring probably attributable to Labrador Inuit, a scatter of Dorset artifacts was associated with a hearth area that yielded a radiocarbon date consistent with the Dorset collection.

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