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Lab number
K-5125
Material dated
Bone
Taxa dated
Phoca sp.
Type of date
Archaeological
Locality
On a point at the eastern side of the island of Qeqertasussuk, Disko Bay, southern Qeqertarsuup Tunua, central-west Greenland
Date uploaded
March 27, 2020
Normalized Age
3820 ± 60
δ13C (per mil)
-14.6
Significance
Saqqaq
Stratigraphic component
Layer 6, lower part
Context
Area B, assumed to be midden deposits
Additional information
Seal bone dates are normalised by Henrik Tauber, Copenhagen, according to C-13 measurements and the reservoir effect in West Greenland

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