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Lab number
AA-40862
Field number
00-DCA-160
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Taxa dated
Salix sp. (110 mg, id. by R.J. Mott)
Locality
about 15 km west of Page Point, north-central shore of Prince Albert Sound, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories
Map sheet
87 E/11
Submitter
A.S. Dyke and J.M. Savelle
Date submitted
February 25, 2002
Normalized Age
3391 ± 40
δ13C (per mil)
-27.2
Significance
Palaeoeskimo; Paléoesquimau
Context
hearth in a Palaeoeskimo midpassage, 0-2.5 cm depth, 11.5 m asl
Additional information
Salix and conifer charcoal present, Salix selecting for dating. The sample was leached in HCl, giving a strong initial reaction.
Comments
OePf-4 (00-DCA-160): This site contains 5 Palaeoeskimo dwellings on medium beach gravel, three isolated features and one group of two. Charcoal was collected from 0-2.5 cm in a hearth measuring 45 x 40 cm in a midpassage measuring 3.7 x 1.4 m. Five Thule tent rings also occur here, four of these on a low alluvial terrace.

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