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Lab number
Beta-70917
Field number
1993-08-01
Material dated
willow and crowberry wood; bois de saule et de camarine
Taxa dated
Salix sp. and Empetrum nigrum twigs (40 g, id. by D. Laeyendecker)
Locality
Frobisher Bay, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
25 I/14
Submitter
W.W. Fitzhugh
Date submitted
September 4, 0098
Normalized Age
1800 ± 60
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Dorset; Paléoesquimau, Dorsétien
Context
test pit 3 area, 64N/8E, midden, 30 cm depth, level 3D
Comments
KeDe-14, Willows Island 4: Odess distinguishes two groups of Dorset components at this site. Sequence I is defined from lithic and organic artifacts and ranges from 2100 BP to 1700 BP. Sequence II, with lithic and wooden artifacts but no harpoon heads, dates between 1500 and 1400 BP.

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