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Lab number
AA-40853
Field number
00-DCA-032c
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Taxa dated
Picea sp. (46 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
5245 ± 42
δ13C (per mil)
-26.2
Significance
Palaeoeskimo; Paléoesquimau
Context
hearth in a midpassage at the west end of the site, 12.5 m asl
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.

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