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- Lab number
- Ka-6988
- Material dated
- Charcoal
- Taxa dated
- Betula nana
- Type of date
- Archaeological
- Locality
- On the southern side of the Nerukinnera narrow, southwestern Qeqertarsuup Tunua, central-west Greenland
- Date uploaded
- March 27, 2020
- Normalized Age
- 3810 ± 40
- δ13C (per mil)
- -26.0
- Significance
- Saqqaq
- Context
- Near surface, open-air hearth behind mid-passage tent ring
- Additional information
- Sample from locally-growing wood
- Comments
- Site interpreted as a short-term occupation summer camp. Both radiocarbon dates from same feature do not overlap in time, which be a warning against relying too heavily on radiocarbon analyses of samples from topsoil deposits.