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Lab number
K-1046
Material dated
walrus bone collagen; collagène osseux de morse
Taxa dated
Odobenus rosmarus tusk
Locality
on raised gravel beaches at Igloolik, Foxe Basin, Nunavut
Map sheet
47 D/02
Submitter
J. Meldgaard
Date submitted
July 21, 0098
Measured Age
1240 ± 100
Normalized Age
1400 ± 100
δ13C (per mil)
-15.0
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Dorset; Paléoesquimau, Dorsétien
Context
terrace 11 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Odobenus rosmarus
Comments
NhHd-1, Alarnerk: Samples of antler and ivory were obtained from Dorset house ruins. Meldgaard noted that antler dates are consistently younger than ivory dates, and he considered the latter more reliable. It is now known that normalizing and calibrating the dates often brings them into closer agreement.

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