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Lab number
I-2054
Field number
CMC- 87
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
on the south bank of Ekalluk (Ferguson) River, 56 km northwest of Cambridge Bay, Victoria Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
77 D/06
Submitter
W.E. Taylor, Jr.
Date submitted
September 2, 0097
Measured Age
2990 ± 125
Normalized Age
2990 ± 125
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Predorset; Paléoesquimau; Prédorsétien
Context
trench 5, sq. B, hearth, 10-13 cm depth, base of culture layer
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Rangifer tarandus
Comments
NiNg-1, Buchanan: This is an early Dorset site with a Pre-Dorset outlier. All four dates were submitted to date the Pre-Dorset component. Taylor commented that M-1504 and GSC-656 are too late for Pre-Dorset. I-2053 and I-2054 fall within the Pre-Dorset period, but near its end and much later than expected. However, evidence for regional and temporal variation in Pre-Dorset artifacts is still scanty, and there is no reason to reject the last two dates which indicate a late Pre-Dorset occupation at the Buchanan site.

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