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Lab number
S-2420
Field number
CMC-1303
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
on the northwest shore of Mosquito Lake, 302 m asl, overlooking a caribou water crossing, Dubawnt drainage, Northwest Territories
Map sheet
65 L/12
Submitter
B.C. Gordon
Date submitted
August 7, 0097
Measured Age
3620 ± 60
Normalized Age
3620 ± 60
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Predorset; Paléoesquimau, Prédorsétien
Context
sand, southwest quadrant of site, level 2
Comments
KdLw-1, Mosquito Lake Overlook: This is a multicomponent site with the bottom level throughout the site representing the Palaeoeskimo Arctic Small-tool tradition. Higher levels contain materials of the Taltheilei tradition capped by historic Chipewyan occupations. Shield Archaic artifacts also occur on the surface.

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