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Lab number
Beta-94898
Field number
CMC-1492
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
220 ± 70
Normalized Age
320 ± 70
δ13C (per mil)
-19.0
Significance
Neoeskimo, Inuit; Néoesquimau
Context
block excavation, 30-40 cm depth
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Rangifer tarandus, Alces alces, Ovibos moschatus, Ursus sp, Canis familiaris?, Canis lupus?, Alopex lagopus, Vulpes vulpes, Lynx canadensis, Ondatra zibethicus, Spermophilus parryii, Phoca hispida, Erignathus barbatus, Delphinapterus leucas, Cetacea; Aves, Gavia sp, Podiceps grisegena, Cygnus columbianus, Lagopus sp, Stercorarius sp, Larus sp, Nyctea scandiaca?, Anserinae, Anatinae; Pisces
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. Fauna: Charadriidae or Scolopacidae; Pisces, Coregoninae, Salmonidae, Gadidae, Cottidae

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