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Lab number
SI-2146
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
on the northeast shore of Groswater Bay, 6.7 m asl, Hamilton Inlet, Labrador
Map sheet
13 I/06
Submitter
W.W. Fitzhugh
Date submitted
June 26, 0097
Normalized Age
4650 ± 60
Significance
Maritime Archaic; Archaïque maritime
Context
Feature A
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Phoca vitulina, Phoca groenlandicus, Odobenus rosmarus, Rangifer tarandus, Ursus americanus, Lutra canadensis, Lepus sp, Ondatra zibethicus, Rodentia (Castor or Erethizon); Aves, Bucephala clangula, Melanitta perspicillata, Melanitta nigra, Melanitta fusca, Somateria spectabilis, Alle alle, Clangula hyemalis, Anas sp, Charadriiformes (shorebirds)
Additional information
Exact association between vertebrates and dates is not clear.
Comments
GcBi-7, Rattlers Bight 1: This large habitation and cemetery site is the type site of the Rattlers Bight complex of the Maritime Archaic tradition. GSC-1260 and GSC-1379 suggest that occupation began soon after the emergence of the site from the sea.

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