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Lab number
Beta-210707
Material dated
Charcoal
Taxa dated
Salix
Locality
Northeast corner of Agiak Lake, in the Gates of the Arctic National Park, Central Brooks Range, Alaska.
Submitter
Jeff Rasic, NPS
Uploader
A. Martindale
Date uploaded
March 23, 2015
Measured Age
4420 ± 40
Significance
Northern Archaic
Context
XCL-089, Tentring H, Test unit 1, NW quad, N.50-.60 E.40-.50, 4-7 cm below surface.
Comments
The site is a tent ring complex consisting of 40 tent rings and associated lithic material dating to 4000-5000 BP. Charcoal was pulled out of a charcoal and stained sediment bulk sample. Limit growth rings hard to tell according to C. Alix who performed charcoal analysis in November 2005.

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