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Lab number
S-1325
Field number
CMC- 917
Material dated
wood; bois
Locality
on the north shore of Creswell Bay, 14.5 km west of the mouth of the Creswell River, Somerset Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
58 B/15
Submitter
A.P. McCartney
Date submitted
August 23, 0097
Measured Age
1130 ± 90
Normalized Age
1130 ± 90
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
Neoeskimo, Early Classic Thule; Néoesquimau, Thuléen
Stratigraphic component
House 5
Context
House 5, section B-3, floor zone inside house, 70 cm depth
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
PeJr-1, Learmonth: The site contains 16 Thule winter houses, occasional Dorset artifacts, but no European artifacts. McCartney comments on the Saskatchewan dates: Houses 1 and 5 are close together on the same beach ridge, suggesting contemporary occupation. Although the dates are similar, they appear too early in view of the earliest Canadian Thule estimates at AD 950 to 1050. House 15, isolated at one edge of the house cluster, dates closer to the expected age. Artifacts suggest cultural continuity and contemporaneity of the houses. S-1323 and S-1325 may consist of driftwood older than the houses.

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