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Lab number
RL-766
Material dated
muskox bone collagen; collagène osseux de boeuf musqué
Taxa dated
Ovibos moschatus scapula
Locality
3 km southeast of the Masik River, southern Banks Island, Northwest Territories
Map sheet
97 H/12
Submitter
C.D. Arnold
Date submitted
January 19, 0098
Measured Age
2290 ± 120
Normalized Age
2370 ± 120
δ13C (per mil)
-20.0
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Lagoon; Paléoesquimau
Context
Area A
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Phoca hispida, Ovibos moschatus, Alopex lagopus, Lepus arcticus, Rangifer tarandus, Dicrostonyx torquatus, Canis spp., Erignathus barbatus; Aves, Chen caerulescens, Lagopus sp, Nyctea scandiaca, Grus canadensis, Cygnus columbianus; Pisces (unid.)
Comments
OjRl-3, Lagoon: This is the type site of a distinctive Palaeoeskimo manifestation known as the Lagoon complex. Another major site belonging to this complex is the Crane site (ObRv-1) on Cape Bathurst Peninsula.

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