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- Lab number
- AA-40576
- Field number
- 00-DCA-026
- Material dated
- charcoal; charbon de bois
- Taxa dated
- Salix sp. (78 mg, id. by R.J. Mott)
- Locality
- north-central coast of Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories
- Map sheet
- 87 E/5
- Submitter
- A.S. Dyke and J.M. Savelle
- Date submitted
- February 25, 2002
- Normalized Age
- 4247 ± 51
- δ13C (per mil)
- -26.1
- Significance
- Palaeoeskimo; Paléoesquimau
- Context
- box hearth in an apparent midpassage of the westernmost feature on the site, 12.5 m asl
- Additional information
- The sample was leached in HCl, giving a weak initial reaction.
- Comments
- ObPj-1 (00-DCA-026): Six Palaeoeskimo features, two groups of three each, are situated on a coarse gravel raised beach at this site. Charcoal was collected from a box hearth in an apparent midpassage measuring 2.3 x 1.4 m, the westernmost feature at the site.