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Lab number
M-1531
Field number
CMC- 19
Material dated
charred animal remains; restes d'animaux carbonisés
Taxa dated
Phocidae? fat
Locality
Cape Tanfield, 11.6 m asl, on a north-facing slope in the Tanfield Valley, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
25 K/12
Submitter
M.S. Maxwell
Date submitted
September 21, 0097
Measured Age
3480 ± 200
Normalized Age
3500 ± 205
δ13C (per mil)
-23.0
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Predorset; Paléoesquimau; Prédorsétien
Context
dripped on sand, 10 cm depth, above permafrost
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Phocidae?
Comments
KdDq-13, Site Thirteen: This is a thinly occupied site, satisfactory as a camping location only if sea level is 10 m above present high tide. It is estimated to cover 150 sq m of which 7.4 sq m were excavated. The assemblage appears intermediate between Pre-Dorset and Dorset.

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