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Lab number
Beta-91291
Field number
AMS
Material dated
willow charcoal; charbon de bois
Taxa dated
Salix sp. (id. by D. Laeyendecker)
Locality
Frobisher Bay, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
25 I/14
Submitter
W.W. Fitzhugh
Date submitted
April 13, 2000
Normalized Age
2140 ± 50
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Dorset; Paléoesquimau, Dorsétien
Context
test pit 9 area, 103N/28E
Comments
KeDe-14, Willows Island 4: Odess distinguishes two groups of Dorset components at this site. Sequence I is defined from lithic and organic artifacts and ranges from 2100 BP to 1700 BP. Sequence II, with lithic and wooden artifacts but no harpoon heads, dates between 1500 and 1400 BP.

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