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Lab number
K-6192
Material dated
Bone
Taxa dated
Rangifer tarandus
Type of date
Archaeological
Locality
On a small island 15 km south of Sisimiut, Central West Greenland
Elevation (m ASL)
11.96
Date uploaded
March 27, 2020
Normalized Age
3670 ± 90
Significance
Saqqaq
Stratigraphic component
Phase 1, area 1, layer 2
Additional information
Sample date fall outside of the range expected for layer 2 and the caribou bone is interpreted as contamination from the oldest occupations phase as represented by AAR-3630.

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