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Lab number
GSC-3038
Material dated
animal remains; restes d'animaux
Taxa dated
wool cloth (10.0 g)
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
700 ± 50
Normalized Age
750 ± 50
δ13C (per mil)
-22.0
Significance
Neoeskimo, Thule / Norse, Ruin Island; Néoesquimau, Thuléen / Norrois
Stratigraphic component
House 15
Context
House 15 floor, 20-25 cm depth, in sod, soil, twigs, heather, grease, 10-11 m asl
Associated taxa
see GSC-2924
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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