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Lab number
S-2486
Field number
CMC-1315
Material dated
willow wood; bois de saule
Taxa dated
Salix sp.
Locality
13 km west of Frobisher Bay, at Washington Peale Point, 9 m asl, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
25 N/10
Submitter
D.R. Stenton
Date submitted
August 7, 0097
Measured Age
790 ± 135
Normalized Age
790 ± 135
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
Neoeskimo; Néoesquimau
Stratigraphic component
House 7
Context
House 7, 1.90S/0.60W, 1.43 m below datum, from paved house floor
Comments
KkDo-1, Peale Point: This is a Neoeskimo winter village site, located on a small island, 9 m asl, consisting of 11 houses as well as tent rings, caches, etc. Stenton hypothesized that there were two periods of construction of House 7 and selected two samples to test this hypothesis. S-2485, from the surface of a paved floor in the "earlier" section of the house, provides no support and is presumed to be contaminated. S-2486, from the surface of a paved floor in the central living area, would place House 7 within the range of the early Thule period, ca. AD 1000-1200. Stenton notes "There is no evidence to support such an early occupation, and I feel my original estimate better describes the age of the structure. The date is rejected as being impossibly early." Jacobs and Stenton (1985) present faunal analyses but no radiocarbon dates for Houses 2, 3, 5, 8, and 11.

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