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Lab number
SI-3892
Material dated
walrus bone collagen; collagène osseux de morse
Taxa dated
Odobenus rosmarus
Locality
on Avayalik Island, 25 km south of the tip of the Labrador Peninsula
Map sheet
25 A/01
Submitter
R.H. Jordan
Date submitted
August 28, 0097
Measured Age
2010 ± 70
Normalized Age
2170 ± 75
δ13C (per mil)
-15.0
Significance
culture?
Context
cache pit not attributable to any particular occupation site
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Odobenus rosmarus, Phoca sp, Monodon monoceros, Cetacea
Additional information
It is assumed that this date was not previously corrected for isotopic fractionation.
Comments
JaDb-1, Avayalik Island 2: The most obvious feature is a subrectangular boulder outline bisected by an internal central rock feature. The structure might have housed two small family units. SI-3887 is considered satisfactory, but SI-3888 is inexplicably late. A nearby cache pit associated with this site yielded SI-3889, a date somewhat earlier than expected. Another cache pit, not directly attributable to any particular occupation site, yielded SI-3892 on walrus bone. There are at least 25 caches on the slope between Avayalik-1 and Avayalik-2. Five caches south and west of Avayalik-2 were more carefully examined and contained many walrus bones and other species. These are listed here with SI-3892.

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