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Canada / NT / NiTs-1 (Gupuk) / RIDDL-550
- Lab number
- RIDDL-550
- Material dated
- moose bone collagen; collagène osseux d' orignal
- Taxa dated
- Alces alces ?
- Locality
- on the southeastern shore of Richards Island, Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories
- Map sheet
- 107 C/06
- Submitter
- C.D. Arnold
- Date submitted
- October 19, 0097
- Normalized Age
- 650 ± 40
- δ13C (per mil)
- -20.0
- Significance
- Neoeskimo, Mackenzie Inuit; Néoesquimau
- Stratigraphic component
- Area 1, House 1
- Context
- Area 1, House 1, bone tool (NiTs-1: 208)
- Associated taxa
- Mammalia: Delphinapterus leucas, Lepus americanus, Spermophilus parryii, Lemmus sibiricus, Dicrostonyx sp, Ondatra zibethicus, Microtus pennsylvanicus, Microtus oeconomus, Balaena mysticetus, Canis familiaris, Alopex lagopus, Vulpes vulpes, Ursus maritimus, Martes americana, Gulo gulo, Erignathus barbatus, Phoca sp, Rangifer tarandus, Alces alces; Aves (17 taxa), Pisces (11 taxa)
- Additional information
- AMS date.
- Comments
- NiTs-1, Gupuk: This is a Mackenzie Inuit winter village abandoned, according to historical evidence, in the first half of the 19th century. It extends along the bank of Mackenzie River for about 800 m. Erosion has destroyed many houses at this site, but 21 remain more or less intact, and five of these have been excavated. In addition to houses, an exceptionally rich midden, frozen to within a few cm of the surface, yielded abundant wood fragments, bones, and artifacts. Faunal remains from the midden have been studied by Balkwill and Rick (1994) and by Friesen (n.d.). Fauna: Aves, Gavia stellata, Gavia arctica, Gavia immer, Cygnus columbianus, Cygnus buccinator, Chen caerulescens, Branta canadensis, Clangula hyemalis, Melanitta nigra, Lagopus mutus, Lagopus lagopus, Tympanuchus phasianellus, Numenius phaeopus, Phalaropus fulicaria, Stercorarius sp, Larus hyperboreus, Perisoreus canadensis; Pisces, Clupea harengus, Salvelinus alpinus, Salvelinus namaycush, Coregonus autumnalis, Coregonus sardinella, Coregonus clupeaformis, Coregonus nasus, Stenodus leucichthys, Esox lucius, Catostomus catostomus, Lota lota