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Lab number
AA-41501
Field number
00-DCA-101a
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Taxa dated
Salix sp. (17 mg, id. by R.J. Mott)
Locality
northeast coast of Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories
Map sheet
87 E/2
Submitter
A.S. Dyke and J.M. Savelle
Date submitted
February 26, 2002
Normalized Age
3507 ± 44
δ13C (per mil)
-27.0
Significance
Palaeoeskimo; Paléoesquimau
Context
hearth in a Palaeoeskimo midpassage, 21.5 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Phoca hispida
Additional information
The sample was leached in HCl, giving a strong initial reaction.
Comments
ObPf-12 (00-DCA-101): Two Palaeoeskimo features occur on medium gravel raised beaches at this site, an isolated midpassage at 21.5 m elevation and another 100 m to the east at 19 m elevation. Two samples were collected from the 21.5 m midpassage, which measures 3.05 x 1.25 m within a stone scatter measuring 3.14 x 3.15 m. Sample 101a (AA-41501) is a small charcoal sample from a hearth. Sample 101b is burnt and unburnt bones from the hearth and from beneath flagstones elsewhere in the feature. Identifiable bones are from ringed seal.

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