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- Lab number
- GSC-3261
- Material dated
- spruce charcoal; charbon d' épinette
- Taxa dated
- Picea sp. (2.8 g, id. by R.J. Mott)
- Locality
- on "Little" Skraeling Island in Alexandria Fiord, 21-22 m asl, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
- Map sheet
- 39 E/13
- Submitter
- P. Schledermann
- Date submitted
- October 31, 0097
- Measured Age
- 4420 ± 110
- Normalized Age
- 4400 ± 110
- δ13C (per mil)
- -26.2
- Significance
- Palaeoeskimo, AST; Paléoesquimau, Microlithique de l'Arctique
- Context
- driftwood in floor area of isolated central passage dwelling, 5-10 cm depth
- Associated taxa
- Mammalia: Odobenus rosmarus, Phoca sp
- Additional information
- Mixed with dead gas for counting.
- Comments
- SfFk-12, Skraeling ASTt #7: It consists of a relatively small ASTt dwelling feature. GSC-3261 is one of the earliest archaeological dates from the area, the driftwood providing a maximum limit for the age of the site.