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Lab number
GSC-1051
Material dated
charred animal remains; restes d'animaux carbonisés
Taxa dated
Phocidae? fat
Locality
Cape Tanfield, 18 m asl, south coast of Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
25 K/12
Submitter
A.A. Dekin
Date submitted
September 2, 0097
Measured Age
3420 ± 210
Normalized Age
3390 ± 210
δ13C (per mil)
-26.8
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Predorset; Paléoesquimau; Prédorsétien
Context
consolidated, squares 2 and 11, 6-13 cm depth, thin midden in gravel
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Phocidae?
Comments
KdDq-23, Closure Annex: This is a thin early Pre-Dorset midden in a gravel matrix within the active layer. Dekin considered GSC-1051 to be too young for the associated artifacts.

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