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Lab number
AECV-1653C
Material dated
mammal bone collagen; collagène osseux de mammifères
Taxa dated
terrestrial mammal
Locality
on the south shore of a neck of land that joins a long sand spit to the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula, at the northeast extremity of McKinley Bay, Arctic coast, Northwest Territories
Map sheet
107 E/03
Submitter
C.D. Arnold
Date submitted
July 20, 0098
Normalized Age
410 ± 70
δ13C (per mil)
-21.2
Significance
Neoeskimo, Inuit; Néoesquimau
Context
House 1
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Spermophilus parryii, Ondatra zibethicus, Microtus sp, Delphinapterus leucas, Canis familiaris cf., Alopex lagopus, Ursus sp, Gulo gulo, Phoca hispida, Rangifer tarandus; Aves, Gavia sp, Cygnus sp, Branta or Chen, Anas sp, Larus sp, Tetraonidae; Pisces, Salvelinus sp, Coregonus clupeaformis cf., Stenodus leucichthys, Lota lota
Comments
OaTi-1, McKinley Bay: Twelve distinct archaeological features include a surface grave and 11 low mounds with interior depressions, most likely the remains of semisubterranean driftwood and sod houses. Excavations into one mound revealed the remains of a dwelling called House 1.

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