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Lab number
S-521
Material dated
seal bone collagen; collagène osseux de phoque
Taxa dated
Phoca hispida
Locality
on a quartzite ridge, 35 m high, 29-35 m asl, along the east shore of Button Bay, on the west side of the mouth of Churchill River, across from Churchill, Manitoba
Map sheet
54 L/09
Submitter
D. Meyer
Date submitted
March 26, 0097
Measured Age
2900 ± 100
Normalized Age
3060 ± 100
δ13C (per mil)
-15.0
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Predorset; Paléoesquimau, Prédorsétien
Context
House 5, Level 1, between hearth and east side of dwelling
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Phocidae 168, Phoca hispida 289, Ursidae 1; Aves 19: Cepphus grylle 7, Larus sp 2
Comments
IeKn-6, Seahorse Gully: This site contains Pre-Dorset and Dorset components. S-521 should date the most southerly extension of Pre-Dorset culture along west coast of Hudson Bay area. S-738 provides a limiting age on the Pre-Dorset occupation as it indicates when Hudson Bay waters were 35 m above present level (Andrews et al., 1971). I-3973 pertains to the Dorset component.

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