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Lab number
Beta-4770
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
on one of the small promontories that comprise the Broom Point headland, in Gros Morne National Park, on the west coast of the Great Northern Peninsula, Newfoundland
Map sheet
12 H/13
Submitter
J.A. Tuck
Date submitted
August 28, 0097
Normalized Age
2285 ± 100
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Groswater Dorset; Paléoesquimau, Dorsétien groswater
Stratigraphic component
Area 1
Context
Area 1, concentration of charcoal and burned earth atop beach gravels
Comments
DlBl-1, Broom Point: Middle Dorset artifacts dominate the collection, but Beta-4770 is thought to reflect the presence of Groswater complex material. Tuck (1983) lists this site as DiBi-1.

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