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Lab number
K-1537
Material dated
Charcoal
Taxa dated
Salix sp. Betula sp.
Type of date
Archaeological
Locality
In a small bay facing south on the northwestern corner of Bjorneo island, Nuuk area, southwest Greenland
Date uploaded
March 27, 2020
Normalized Age
3620 ± 100
Significance
Saqqaq
Context
Hearth Feature 4
Additional information
Sample from locally-growing wood
Comments
The Tuapassuit site may have been a short-term gathering site focusing on some specialised activity that involved an intense use of a particular kind of heat-production.

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