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- Lab number
- AA-40852
- Field number
- 00-DCA-032a
- Material dated
- charcoal; charbon de bois
- Taxa dated
- Salix sp. (132 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
- 3694 ± 49
- δ13C (per mil)
- -26.4
- Significance
- Palaeoeskimo; Paléoesquimau
- Context
- hearth in the midpassage of a tent ring, the second feature from the east end of the site, 13 m asl
- Associated taxa
- Mammalia: Phoca hispida
- Additional information
- The sample was leached in HCl, giving a strong initial reaction.
- Comments
- ObPj-6 (00-DCA-032): Seven Palaeoeskimo features are situated on gravel raised beaches at two levels at this site: one group of 4 features at 13 m elevation and another group of 3 at 12-12.5 m. The site starts 10 m from the edge of an alluvial fan. Two samples were collected from a hearth in a midpassage in a tent ring on the 13 m level, the second feature from the east end of the site: 32a (AA-40852), charcoal; and 32b, bone, some burnt, including a ring seal canine and some bird bone. Chert flakes occur in this feature. The tent ring is 3.75 m wide and the midpassage is 3.05 x 0.55 m. Charcoal (32c AA-50853) was also collected from a hearth in a midpassage on the lower level at the west end of the site.