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Lab number
Beta-86359
Field number
AMS-Oxford
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
Village of Carmacks, Yukon River, Yukon Territory
Map sheet
115 I/01
Submitter
G. Hare
Date submitted
August 4, 0098
Measured Age
5890 ± 40
Normalized Age
5870 ± 40
δ13C (per mil)
-26.1
Significance
Little Arm
Context
a small hearth with calcined bone, charcoal, and abundant microblade technology, 12-14 cm below White River tephra
Comments
KaVa-3, Tsawnjik Chu Dachak: A multicomponent site in the cemetery area yielded evidence of occupation spanning the Holocene period. This site was a village and trade rendezvous with the Coastal Tlingit in the protohistoric period.

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