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Lab number
P-209
Material dated
walrus or narwhal bone; os de morse ou de narval
Taxa dated
Odobenus or Monodon tusk
Locality
on Igloolik Island, Foxe Basin, Nunavut
Map sheet
47 D/07
Submitter
J. Meldgaard
Date submitted
September 2, 0097
Measured Age
3906 ± 133
Normalized Age
4066 ± 133
δ13C (per mil)
-15.0
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Predorset; Paléoesquimau; Prédorsétien
Context
house ruin on 52 m terrace
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Odobenus rosmarus or Monodon monoceros
Additional information
Whole tusk was burned to prepare the sample. The normalized age is a minimum.
Comments
NiHf-1, Kaleruserk or Parry Hill: It contains rich habitation debris on beach ridges between 42 and 54 m asl, with numerous house ruins and extensive middens representing early Pre-Dorset, a more scattered habitation during the later stages of Pre-Dorset, and a few houses from early Dorset.

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