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Lab number
AA-41514
Field number
00-DCA-176b
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Taxa dated
Salix sp. (175 mg, id. by R.J. Mott)
Locality
west side of Page Point, north-central shore of Prince Albert Sound, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories
Map sheet
87 E/10
Submitter
A.S. Dyke and J.M. Savelle
Date submitted
February 25, 2002
Normalized Age
3786 ± 45
δ13C (per mil)
-24.3
Significance
Palaeoeskimo; Paléoesquimau
Context
northernmost of two isolated box hearths, 14 m asl
Additional information
The sample was leached in HCl, giving a weak initial reaction.
Comments
OePe-32 (00-DCA-176): This site contains a total of 6 Palaeoeskimo features in 3 groups of 2, each on a separate raised beach level between 12.5 and 16.5 m elevation. Two charcoal samples were collected: 176a (AA-40588), from 0-5 cm depth in an inconspicuous hearth in a midpassage in a tent ring on medium gravel (midpassage 3.1 x 0.9 m; ring 3.1 x 3.0 m) at 16.5 m elevation; 176b (AA-41514), from the northernmost of two isolated box hearths (46 x 53 cm) located about 100 m southeast of the first sample at 14 m elevation.

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