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Lab number
Beta-83251
Field number
AMS 1993-19
Material dated
willow charcoal; charbon de saule
Taxa dated
Salix sp. (0.5 g, id. by D. Laeyendecker)
Locality
Frobisher Bay, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
25 I/14
Submitter
W.W. Fitzhugh
Date submitted
July 22, 0098
Measured Age
2030 ± 50
Normalized Age
2030 ± 50
δ13C (per mil)
-25.3
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Dorset; Paléoesquimau, Dorsétien
Context
64N/6E, Level 3A, test pit 3 area
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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