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Canada / NU / LdLl-2 (Aberdeen Lake) / BGS-33
- Lab number
- BGS-33
- Field number
- CMC- 420
- Material dated
- peat; tourbe
- Locality
- on the south side of the mouth of Thelon River, at the west end of Aberdeen Lake, Nunavut
- Map sheet
- 66 B/12
- Submitter
- J.V. Wright
- Date submitted
- September 1, 0097
- Measured Age
- 2218 ± 42
- Normalized Age
- 2183 ± 105
- δ13C (per mil)
- -27.0
- Significance
- geoarchaeology; géoarchéologie
- Context
- square I15, southwest edge of House 2, 9-23 cm depth
- Comments
- LdLl-2, Aberdeen Lake: The site contains Palaeoindian and Pre-Dorset specimens but primarily relates to the Shield Archaic. S-506 should be a minimum age for House 1, a Shield Archaic structure. Wright accepts S-506, because closer examination of House 1 suggests a later placement in the Shield Archaic than originally estimated. The date also raises the possibility of contemporaneity between major Shield Archaic and minor Pre-Dorset occupations. BGS-33 should be a minimum age for House 2, a Shield Archaic structure. However, BGS-33, from capping peat, is too late to have anything to do with the contents of House 2 where the artifact assemblage suggests an earlier age than that of House 1.