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Canada / NU / MbNs-1 (Nadlok) / S-2775
- Lab number
- S-2775
- Field number
- CMC-1355
- Material dated
- charcoal; charbon de bois
- Locality
- on an island in the Burnside River, 375 m asl, 20 km downstream from Cathawachaga Lake, Nunavut
- Map sheet
- 76 L/08
- Submitter
- B.C. Gordon
- Date submitted
- August 8, 0097
- Measured Age
- 410 ± 105
- Normalized Age
- 410 ± 105
- δ13C (per mil)
- -25.0
- Significance
- Neoeskimo, Copper Inuit; Néoesquimau
- Context
- house 2, square 4n/15w, level 3, second oldest occupation of house
- Associated taxa
- Mammalia: Rangifer tarandus, Ovibos moschatus, Canis lupus, Canis familiaris, Alopex lagopus, Gulo gulo, Lepus arcticus, Spermophilus parryii, Lemmus sibiricus, Alces alces, Mustela erminea, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (extralimital); Aves (14 taxa); Pisces (6 taxa)
- Comments
- MbNs-1, Nadlok: All known levels of the site are attributed to late prehistoric Copper Inuit. The site consists of five antler huts associated with stone winter houses and five other larger stone rings, the latter untested. Seven radiocarbon dates have been obtained. S-2724 is from level 4 beneath House 2. This level does not relate directly to the house but pervades the area of the house and its surroundings. It lacks diagnostic tools, such as harpoons, but is related to the subsequent house. S-2725 dates the uppermost level in House 2. It was found with a Copper Inuit knife, ulus, a fire starter, choppers, a soapstone pot, and birchbark baskets. S-2773 was expected to date level 4 beneath House 2, but the age found for the sample is younger than the abandonment of the site, ca. AD 1700. S-2774, from level 2 of House 2, is also younger than expected and post-dates abandonment of the site. S-2775, from level 3 of House 2, agrees well with S-2724 from underlying Level 4. S-2845, from the bottom level of a test pit, is a satisfactory date from a very extensive bone level covering much of the island and predating the structures. It pertains to a time when Nadlok was used as a seasonal camp and when people first arrived from the coast to make a permanent adjustment to the Barrenlands. S-2846 is from floor 3 of antler hut 3 where it was associated with many Copper Inuit artifacts. It is a satisfactory date. Fauna: Aves, Gavia stellata, Cygnus sp, Anser albrifrons, Chen rossii, Anas acuta, Anas crecca, Clangula hyemalis, Mergus serrator, Larus argentatus, Stercorarius sp, Asio flammeus, Pluvialis dominica, Lagopus lagopus, Lagopus mutus; Pisces, Salvelinus alpinus, Salvelinus namaycush, Thymallus arcticus, Coregonus sardinella, Coregonus clupeaformis, Prosopium cylindraceum