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Lab number
AA-40579
Field number
00-DCA-094a
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Taxa dated
Picea sp. (105 mg, id. by R.J. Mott)
Locality
northeast coast of Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories
Map sheet
87 E/2
Submitter
A.S. Dyke and J.M. Savelle
Date submitted
February 26, 2002
Normalized Age
2913 ± 40
δ13C (per mil)
-25.2
Significance
Palaeoeskimo; Paléoesquimau
Context
beneath boiling stones in a hearth in the eastern feature, 8 m asl
Additional information
The sample, with both black and white grains, was leached in HCl, giving a weak (black grains) to strong (white grains) initial reaction.
Comments
ObPf-9 (00-DCA-094): Two Palaeoeskimo features occur on a raised beach at this site. Two charcoal samples were collected, one from each feature. Sample 94a (AA-40579) came from below boiling stones in a hearth in the eastern feature, a midpassage measuring 2.5 x 1.5 m possibly enclosed by a very loose tent ring. Beside the midpassage is a small scatter of numerous chert flakes. Sample 94b (AA-41500) came from below boiling stones located 1 m east of a probable tent ring. The tent ring measures 2.1 m diameter; the overall feature 3.1 x 4.5 m.

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