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- Lab number
- GSC-1264
- Material dated
- charcoal; charbon de bois
- Locality
- on the Tikkegaksuak Peninsula, 11.3 m asl, eastern side of Village Bay, 50 km north of Nain, central coastal Labrador
- Map sheet
- 14 C/14
- Submitter
- W.W. Fitzhugh
- Date submitted
- June 26, 0097
- Measured Age
- 3660 ± 140
- Normalized Age
- 3700 ± 140
- δ13C (per mil)
- -22.3
- Significance
- Palaeoeskimo, Predorset; Paléoesquimau, Prédorsétien
- Context
- Area 19, hearth in sand, 7.6-22.9 cm depth
- Comments
- HfCi-2, Thalia Point 2: Fitzhugh points out that Pre-Dorset in Labrador was first discovered in 1969, at Saglek by J.A. Tuck, and at Thalia Point. As of 1971, no sites if this kind had been discovered south of Nain. The date for Pre-Dorset (GSC-1264) is earlier than expected but is considered a valid indicator of the early arrival of the Arctic Small-tool tradition in northern Labrador. Surface collections appear to represent an early Dorset component above the Pre-Dorset level, but there was no stratigraphic indication other than depth on which a distinction could be based. The other area (and GSC-1381) appears to represent a single component Dorset station without contamination from the Pre-Dorset materials up-slope. This date agrees with Tuck's from Saglek. The artifact sample, although small, is similar to collections from Dorset sites of the same age in Hamilton Inlet. GSC-1264 consisted of hearth charcoal in situ with flakes of chert, Pre-Dorset artifacts, and charcoal-stained sand. Blowouts had disturbed part of the site, but not Area 19. The date should reflect a time when sea level was about 9-11 m above the present level, as the cove became unsuitable for habitation at lower sea level. GSC-1381 was taken from a seemingly undisturbed cultural deposit that extended 5-25 cm below the tundra surface in direct association with Dorset culture artifacts, stains of burned and decaying bone, and fire-cracked rock. The date represents the terminal occupation of the cove. Maxwell lists GSC-1381 as a Groswater Dorset date.