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Lab number
M-1533
Field number
CMC- 21
Material dated
charred animal remains; restes d'animaux carbonisés
Taxa dated
Phocidae? fat
Locality
on Itivirk Bay, 4.2 m asl, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
25 K/12
Submitter
M.S. Maxwell
Date submitted
September 2, 0097
Measured Age
1670 ± 150
Normalized Age
1690 ± 155
δ13C (per mil)
-23.0
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Dorset; Paléoesquimau, Dorsétien
Context
cemented sand 10 cm below base of sod, well above permafrost line
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Phocidae?
Comments
KdDq-19, Killiktee: This is a small terminal Dorset site with possibly no more than two tent rings. M-1533 fits well with the typological seriation.

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