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Lab number
Beta-126879
Field number
CMC-1520
Material dated
caribou bone collagen; collagène osseux de caribou
Taxa dated
Rangifer tarandus metatarsal
Locality
overlooking the south shore of Amundsen Gulf, 1 m asl, at the northeast corner of Pearce Point Harbour, Arctic coast, Northwest Territories
Map sheet
97 D/14
Submitter
D.A. Morrison
Date submitted
March 1, 0099
Measured Age
550 ± 40
Normalized Age
630 ± 40
δ13C (per mil)
-20.0
Significance
Neoeskimo, early Thule; Néoesquimau, Thuléen
Context
house 4, unit 6, in or on floor, 20 cm depth
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Phoca hispida, Erignathus barbatus, Ursus sp, Canis familiaris cf., Alopex lagopus, Rangifer tarandus, Spermophilus parryii, Delphinapterus leucas; Aves, Lagopus sp
Additional information
AMS date.
Comments
NkRh-3, Pearce Point: House 4 is an early Thule component of a small, coastal winter village. While analyzing the vertebrate remains from W.E. Taylor's assemblage from House 4, D.A. Morrison submitted two more radiocarbon samples that produced dates much younger than those obtained by Taylor. It may be noteworthy that Taylor's samples were recovered from below the house floor whereas Morrison's were on or above it.

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