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Lab number
I-7505
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
on a small knoll south of the first brook south of Pinware, 400 m inland from the present coast, 17 m asl, southern Labrador
Map sheet
12 P/10
Submitter
J.A. Tuck
Date submitted
July 9, 0097
Normalized Age
6855 ± 115
Significance
Maritime Archaic; Archaïque maritime
Context
feature 1, large hearth with burned bone, sand, charcoal, quartz flakes
Associated taxa
Mammalia 97, Phoca sp 18, Rangifer tarandus 2; Aves 10, Anatini 2, Melanitta perspicillata 1, Larus sp 1, Alle alle 2, Alca torda 1; Class uncertain 2671
Comments
EjBe-14, Fowler: I-7612 was a small sample, and I-7505 is considered a better date for feature 1. SI-1797 should provide an average age for blanket peat formation.

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