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Lab number
Ka-6990
Material dated
Charcoal
Taxa dated
Betula nana, Salix sp.
Type of date
Archaeological
Locality
Near southwestern entrance to the narrow sound of Ikerserak, central-west Greenland
Elevation (m ASL)
9
Date uploaded
March 27, 2020
Normalized Age
3980 ± 70
δ13C (per mil)
0.0
Significance
Saqqaq
Additional information
Sample from locally-growing wood
Comments
Site used for a short period of time during a single episode of occupation. Given early 14C date, the inhabitants could well have belonged to the first generation of Saqqaq people in West Greenland

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