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Canada / NT / MjTp-1 (Whirl Lake) / GaK-3266
- Lab number
- GaK-3266
- Field number
- CMC- 419
- Material dated
- birch charcoal; charbon de bouleau
- Taxa dated
- Betula sp.
- Locality
- at the northwest end of Whirl Lake, on a ridge 18 m above the lake, 27 km east of Arctic Red River, Northwest Territories
- Map sheet
- 106 N/11
- Submitter
- B.C. Gordon
- Date submitted
- September 1, 0097
- Measured Age
- 210 ± 90
- Normalized Age
- 210 ± 90
- δ13C (per mil)
- -25.0
- Significance
- Recent Athapaskan; Athapascan récent
- Context
- hearth in center of house pit
- Associated taxa
- Mammalia 33, Ondatra zibethicus 2-1, Canis sp 1, Alces alces 5-1, Rangifer tarandus 9-2, Cervidae 1, Artiodactyla 15; Aves 2, Gavia sp 30-6, Gavia immer 1, Gavia arctica 10-3, Gavia stellata 1, Podiceps grisegena 12-3, Cygnus buccinator 1, Melanitta fusca 3-2, Clangula hyemalis 2-1; Pisces, Esox lucius, Salvelinus sp 2
- Comments
- MjTp-1, Whirl Lake: This is a multicomponent site, with a late prehistoric Athapaskan fishing component intruded into sand and gravel containing an older microblade component.