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Lab number
P-710
Material dated
charred animal remains; restes d'animaux carbonisés
Taxa dated
Phocidae? fat
Locality
Cape Tanfield, 15 m asl, on the south coast of Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
25 K/12
Submitter
M.S. Maxwell
Date submitted
September 20, 0097
Measured Age
3577 ± 69
Normalized Age
3597 ± 78
δ13C (per mil)
-23.0
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Predorset; Paléoesquimau; Prédorsétien
Context
cinder-like material of fat and sand from upper limit of permafrost
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Phocidae?
Comments
KdDq-10, Loon: Elevation and Pre-Dorset typology suggest an age of about 1200 to 1000 BC. The artifacts compare favourably with Igloolik materials from the Kaleruserk and Kapuivik sites.

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