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Lab number
GSC-2938
Material dated
willow wood; bois de saule
Taxa dated
Salix sp. 2 pieces, with bark (11.2 g, id. by L.D. Farley-Gill)
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
840 ± 60
Normalized Age
760 ± 60
δ13C (per mil)
-30.5
Significance
Neoeskimo, Thule, Ruin Island; Néoesquimau, Thuléen
Stratigraphic component
House 10
Context
House 10 floor, 7-8 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia 62, Canis sp 40-2, Alopex lagopus 6-1, Ursus maritimus 10-2, Odobenus rosmarus 13-2, Phoca sp 66-3, Erignathus sp? 9-1, Ovibos moschatus 1, Cetacea 17; Aves, Larus hyperboreus
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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