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Lab number
SI-2980
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
on a small rocky outer island in the Nain area, Labrador
Map sheet
14 C/10
Submitter
W.W. Fitzhugh
Date submitted
June 29, 0097
Normalized Age
1555 ± 90
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, middle Dorset; Paléoesquimau, Dorsétien moyen
Context
hearth with oval rock structure
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Phoca hispida, Odobenus rosmarus
Comments
HeCf-1, St. John's Island 3: The site consists of an oval rock structure, about 6 x 6 m, with a thin external midden. Dates from within the structure and from the midden are not in close agreement.

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