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Lab number
GSC-1314
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
on the west end of Ticoralak Island, 7.3 m asl, Groswater Bay, Hamilton Inlet, Labrador
Map sheet
13 J/08
Submitter
W.W. Fitzhugh
Date submitted
June 27, 0097
Measured Age
2400 ± 160
Normalized Age
2400 ± 160
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Groswater Dorset; Paléoesquimau, Dorsétien Groswater
Context
hearth in a shallow cultural zone, 2.5-7.5 cm depth
Comments
GbBn-7, Ticoralak 5: During the occupation of this site, shoreline was probably between 6.0-6.7 m above present sea level, as judged by local topography and site position. Fitzhugh comments that Ticoralak-5 is at the lowest altitude of any Dorset site found in the Hamilton Inlet region, and its age was earlier than anticipated. However, in light of other dates received for the local Groswater Dorset sites, this determination is not anomalous. The cultural assemblage found with GSC-1314 includes most features of other sites of this local Dorset variant. Of all sites dated at Ticoralak, this one allows the most accurate estimate of shoreline position at the time of occupation.

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