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Lab number
Beta-94897
Field number
CMC-1491
Material dated
caribou bone collagen; collagène osseux de caribou
Taxa dated
Rangifer tarandus
Locality
on the Old Horton River channel at the base of Cape Bathurst Peninsula, 1.5 m asl, Arctic coast, Northwest Territories
Map sheet
97 F/04
Submitter
D.A. Morrison
Date submitted
April 21, 0097
Measured Age
200 ± 100
Normalized Age
300 ± 100
δ13C (per mil)
-19.0
Significance
Neoeskimo, Inuit; Néoesquimau
Context
block excavation, 20-30 cm depth
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Rangifer tarandus (see also Beta-94898)
Additional information
The C-13 ratio was estimated by the Beta laboratory.
Comments
OaRw-3, Rita-Claire: This is a late precontact or early contact Inuvialuit site devoted to hunting caribou.

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