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Lab number
I-5254
Material dated
willow wood; bois de saule
Taxa dated
Salix sp.
Locality
on the southeastern tip of Rose Island, Saglek Bay, northern coast of Labrador
Map sheet
14 L/10
Submitter
J.A. Tuck
Date submitted
July 7, 0097
Measured Age
275 ± 90
Normalized Age
275 ± 90
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
Neoeskimo, Modified Thule; Néoesquimau, Thuléen
Stratigraphic component
Band 4A
Context
floor of House 21, a sod house
Additional information
Tuck suggests a calibration to about AD 1520 would make the date close to the first penetration of Thule along the Labrador coast
Comments
IdCr-2, Ikkusik: There are 20 distinct houses and the remains of a number of disturbed structures. Six of the semisubterranean structures date to the Thule period (Structures 15, 16, 19, 21, 22, and 23), and there are remains of large 18th and early 19th century semisubterranean structures with multiple sleeping platforms and lamp stands.

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