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Lab number
P-210
Material dated
caribou bone; os de caribou
Taxa dated
Rangifer tarandus antler
Locality
on Jens Munk Island in the Igloolik area, Foxe Basin, Nunavut
Map sheet
47 D/09
Submitter
J. Meldgaard
Date submitted
September 2, 0097
Measured Age
2898 ± 136
Normalized Age
2978 ± 136
δ13C (per mil)
-20.0
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Predorset; Paléoesquimau; Prédorsétien
Context
terrace 44 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Rangifer tarandus
Additional information
Whole antler was burned to prepare the sample. The normalized age is a minimum.
Comments
NjHa-1, Kapuivik or Jens Munk: It has yielded a long and relatively complete series of Pre-Dorset and Dorset occupations.

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