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Lab number
GX-6069
Material dated
oak wood; bois de chêne
Taxa dated
Quercus sp.
Locality
on Skraeling Island off the north coast of the Johan Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
39 E/13
Submitter
P. Schledermann
Date submitted
October 28, 0097
Measured Age
675 ± 110
Normalized Age
670 ± 110
δ13C (per mil)
-25.3
Significance
Neoeskimo, Thule, Ruin Island; Néoesquimau, Thuléen
Stratigraphic component
House 6
Context
House 6, kitchen hearth, 9 m asl
Associated taxa
see GSC-3197
Comments
SfFk-4, Skraeling Island: It consists of 23 winter house ruins attributed to the Ruin Island phase of the Thule continuum. Schledermann (1980) describes Norse artifacts from this site.

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