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Lab number
I-3957
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
at the northeast corner of Acasta Lake, 128 km southeast of Port Radium, Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories
Map sheet
86 G/05
Submitter
W.C. Noble
Date submitted
September 1, 0097
Measured Age
6970 ± 360
Normalized Age
6970 ± 360
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
Palaeoindian, Plano; Paléoindien
Context
Hearth 95, unit D, 34 cm depth in sandy esker
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Lepus sp, Castor canadensis, Ursus americanus, Rangifer tarandus
Comments
LiPk-1, Acasta Lake: This is the type site of the Acasta Lake complex, an early Northern Plano manifestation widely distributed in Mackenzie and Keewatin districts.

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