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- Lab number
- GSC-2922
- Material dated
- willow wood; bois de saule
- Taxa dated
- Salix sp. (15.4 g, id. by R.J. Mott)
- 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
- 810 ± 70
- Normalized Age
- 780 ± 70
- δ13C (per mil)
- -26.8
- Significance
- Neoeskimo, Thule, Ruin Island; Néoesquimau, Thuléen
- Stratigraphic component
- House 9
- Context
- House 9 floor, kitchen tunnel, 5-6 m asl
- Associated taxa
- Mammalia 149, Canis sp 17-3, Alopex lagopus 12-3, Ursus maritimus 21-1, Odobenus rosmarus 24-2, Phoca sp 203-5, Erignathus sp? 6-1, Ovibos moschatus 3-1, Cetacea 15; Aves, Somateria mollissima, Stercorarius longicaudus
- 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.