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Lab number
S-465
Field number
CMC- 301
Material dated
caribou bone collagen; collagène osseux de caribou
Taxa dated
Rangifer tarandus
Locality
in a large sand blowout on the edge of an 85 m terrace, 400 m west of Coppermine River, 1.5 km north-northwest of Bloody Falls, Northwest Territories
Map sheet
86 O/14
Submitter
R. McGhee
Date submitted
August 26, 0097
Measured Age
1790 ± 70
Normalized Age
1870 ± 75
δ13C (per mil)
-20.0
Significance
Early Taltheilei; Taltheilei ancien
Context
surface of blowout, including all organic material found at the site
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Rangifer tarandus
Comments
MkPk-6, Sandwillow: This is apparently a single component caribou hunters' camp. The small sample of stone tools included five lanceolate stemmed points, a type found in several northern Canadian locations but not previously in datable context.

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