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Lab number
Ka-6988
Material dated
Charcoal
Taxa dated
Betula nana
Type of date
Archaeological
Locality
On the southern side of the Nerukinnera narrow, southwestern Qeqertarsuup Tunua, central-west Greenland
Date uploaded
March 27, 2020
Normalized Age
3810 ± 40
δ13C (per mil)
-26.0
Significance
Saqqaq
Context
Near surface, open-air hearth behind mid-passage tent ring
Additional information
Sample from locally-growing wood
Comments
Site interpreted as a short-term occupation summer camp. Both radiocarbon dates from same feature do not overlap in time, which be a warning against relying too heavily on radiocarbon analyses of samples from topsoil deposits.

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