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Lab number
Beta-20780
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
Sparbo-Hardy lowland, 4-9 m asl, Devon Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
48 H/12
Submitter
J.W. Helmer
Date submitted
August 26, 0098
Normalized Age
4070 ± 80
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Predorset, anomalous, old; Paléoesquimau; Prédorsétien, anormal
Stratigraphic component
Feature 1
Context
driftwood?, feature 1, an axial passage or ovate tent ring, 4-5 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Cetacea, Alopex lagopus, Odobenus rosmarus, Phoca sp, Erignathus barbatus, Rangifer tarandus; Aves, Chen caerulescens, Clangula hyemalis, Somateria sp, Larus hyperboreus
Comments
QkHl-5, Icy Bay: Features 2 and 3 at this site are assigned to the Icebreaker Beach complex and feature 1 to the Twin Ponds complex, the second and third episodes of Palaeoeskimo occupation recognized by Helmer in the north Devon lowlands.

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