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- Lab number
- Beta-70226
- Material dated
- caribou bone collagen; collagène osseux de caribou
- Taxa dated
- Rangifer tarandus antler
- Locality
- Herschel Island, Yukon Territory
- Map sheet
- 117 D/12
- Submitter
- T.M. Friesen
- Date submitted
- May 12, 0097
- Measured Age
- 260 ± 50
- Normalized Age
- 350 ± 50
- δ13C (per mil)
- -19.9
- Significance
- Neoeskimo; Néoesquimau
- Stratigraphic component
- House 2
- Context
- House 2, beneath sleeping platform
- Associated taxa
- Mammalia: Rangifer tarandus
- Comments
- NjVj-1, Avadlek Spit, comment (T.M. Friesen): the artifact samples from House 1 and 2 at NjVj-1 are generally indicative of the late Western Thule period. Ringed and conically-knobbed arrowheads predominate, while the one harpoon head is an ornate example of the Nunagiak Barbed type. The earlier of the two dates (Beta-70226) is consistent with this interpretation and was derived from a secure context under the House 2 sleeping platform. The later date (Beta-70225), on the other hand, was derived from the House 1 fill, and may represent an intrusive artifact deposited during a more recent occupation of the site. In sum, the late Western Thule component at this site can be tentatively dated to approximately 350 years BP.