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Lab number
GaK-1288
Field number
CMC- 134
Material dated
willow wood; bois de saule
Taxa dated
Salix sp.
Locality
on the west side of the Tanfield Valley, 11.9 m asl, southern Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
25 K/12
Submitter
M.S. Maxwell
Date submitted
September 20, 0097
Measured Age
580 ± 80
Normalized Age
580 ± 80
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Dorset, anomalous, young; Paléoesquimau, Dorsétien, anormal, jeune
Context
twigs, square OL15, 30 cm depth, in permafrost, between two occupations
Comments
KdDq-9, Nanook: Maxwell (1985: 156) notes that this site is very difficult to interpret but "may best be seen as a sort of communal late-winter to early-spring dwelling." ... "Eleven carbon dates are available for the site. The earliest, 420 B.C. (on willow twigs), is probably accurate but may well date the natural growth of the site prior to human occupation. In various assessments of the remaining dates, Arundale concludes that settlement began sometime between 420 and 270 B.C. and lasted until A.D. 123" (Maxwell, 1985: 201).

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