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Lab number
S-1200
Field number
CMC- 860
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
on the eastern extremity of the south shore of Payne Lake, r. Arnaud, région de Nouveau-Québec, Québec
Map sheet
34 P/06
Submitter
T.E. Lee
Date submitted
December 14, 0097
Measured Age
555 ± 80
Normalized Age
555 ± 80
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
Neoeskimo, Thule; Néoesquimau, Thuléen
Context
level 1, 0-2.5 cm below sod, on floor of house 2
Comments
IhFi-6, Cartier: The site is 152 m long, 4.6-36.6 m wide, 2.1 m above the lake level. Cultural features are confined to several stone foundations, cache piles, tent rings, a dam, and a causeway. Lee notes that S-1200, if Thule, is remarkably early for the area. S-1201 is an early date since trade goods in general arrived from Fort Chimo around A.D. 1832. If the date is correct, it implies trading contact with the St. Lawrence valley or James Bay. The nails appear to be of English origin, but this is not certain.

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