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Canada / NT / ObRw-11 / Beta-62584
- Lab number
- Beta-62584
- Field number
- CMC-1451
- Material dated
- caribou bone collagen; collagène osseux de caribou
- Taxa dated
- Rangifer tarandus (5.9 g)
- Locality
- on the Old Horton River channel, Cape Bathurst Peninsula, Arctic coast, Northwest Territories
- Map sheet
- 97 F/04
- Submitter
- R. Le Blanc
- Date submitted
- August 9, 0097
- Normalized Age
- 5610 ± 65
- δ13C (per mil)
- -20.0
- Significance
- Palaeoeskimo, anomalous, old; Paléoesquimau, anormal, vieux
- Context
- near a hearth feature, 5 cm depth
- Associated taxa
- Mammalia: Rangifer tarandus
- Additional information
- AMS date: ETH-10483
- Comments
- ObRw-11: The collection generally indicates an early Palaeoeskimo affiliation, but a single specimen of caribou bone yielded two AMS dates that suggest an earlier occupation of this site.