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Lab number
S-2841
Field number
CMC-1359
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
on the east bank of the mouth of Arctic Red River, 23 m asl, below the Roman Catholic Mission, Northwest Territories
Map sheet
106 N/05
Submitter
J.-L. Pilon
Date submitted
August 8, 0097
Measured Age
360 ± 95
Normalized Age
360 ± 95
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
Recent Gwitchin; Gwitchin récent
Context
hearth in third buried occupation level, under 150 cm of silt
Comments
MiTr-1, Tsiigehtchic: This is a multicomponent, deeply stratified, primarily Gwitch'in, possibly also Inuvialuit, fishing, meeting and trading camp. Following an initial inspection of J.-L. Pilon in 1986, excavations were conducted by L. Nolin in 1992 and 1993.

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