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Canada / NU / QkHl-5 (Icy Bay) / Beta-20781
- Lab number
- Beta-20781
- Material dated
- charcoal; charbon de bois
- Locality
- Sparbo-Hardy lowland, 4-9 m asl, Devon Island, Nunavut
- Map sheet
- 48 H/12
- Submitter
- J.W. Helmer
- Date submitted
- August 26, 0098
- Normalized Age
- 3770 ± 180
- Significance
- Palaeoeskimo, Predorset; Paléoesquimau; Prédorsétien
- Stratigraphic component
- Feature 3
- Context
- driftwood, feature 3, an axial passage or ovate tent ring, 8-9 m asl
- Associated taxa
- Mammalia: Alopex lagopus, Ursus maritimus, Odobenus rosmarus, Phoca sp, Erignathus barbatus, Rangifer tarandus, Ovibos moschatus; Aves, Chen caerulescens, Clangula hyemalis
- Additional information
- This small sample was given extended counting time.
- Comments
- QkHl-5, Icy Bay: Features 2 and 3 at this site are assigned to the Icebreaker Beach complex and feature 1 to the Twin Ponds complex, the second and third episodes of Palaeoeskimo occupation recognized by Helmer in the north Devon lowlands.