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Lab number
S-848
Field number
CMC- 652
Material dated
caribou bone collagen; collagène osseux de caribou
Taxa dated
Rangifer tarandus
Locality
on the west coast of Navy Board Inlet, Borden Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
48 D/01
Submitter
G. Mary-Rousselière
Date submitted
August 16, 0097
Measured Age
1590 ± 100
Normalized Age
1670 ± 100
δ13C (per mil)
-20.0
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Dorset; Paléoesquimau, Dorsétien
Stratigraphic component
House 71
Context
north-northeast corner of House 71, at bottom of wall, 40-45 cm depth, possibly antedating house 71
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Rangifer tarandus (see also GaK-2339)
Comments
PgHb-1, Nunguvik: The site was occupied throughout most of the Dorset and Thule periods, with more than 80 houses. Radiocarbon dates have been obtained on the following houses: House 42, an early Thule house built on an earlier Dorset site; House 46, an early Dorset house; House 52, a Thule house; House 71, a rectangular Dorset house; House 72, a late Dorset house; House 73, an extensive house complex with several stone structures of uncertain pourpose; and House 76, a middle Dorset house. Wilmeth (1978: 22-25) provides extensive commentary that was written prior to the realization that radiocarbon dates must be normalized to a single 13C ratio.

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