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Lab number
Beta-61069
Field number
1992-21
Material dated
animal remains; restes d'animaux
Taxa dated
sea mammal fat
Locality
northeast of Newell Sound 1, just inside the entrance of Newell Sound, on the south side, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
25 O/04
Submitter
W.W. Fitzhugh
Date submitted
September 4, 0098
Normalized Age
1130 ± 50
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Dorset; Paléoesquimau, Dorsétien
Stratigraphic component
House 1
Context
hearth stone in house 1
Additional information
It is assumed that this date is corrected for isotopic fractionation.
Comments
KgDl-4, Newell Sound 4: Fitzhugh applies a marine reservoir correction of 350 years to Beta-61069, yielding a date of 780 +/- 50 BP, in close agreement with Beta-61068. Odess uses a correction of 430 years, yielding a date of 700 ± 50 BP for Beta-61069.

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