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Lab number
S-1326
Field number
CMC- 918
Material dated
wood; bois
Locality
on the north shore of Cumberland Sound, 1.6 km west of historic settlement of Avatuktoo, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
26 J/01
Submitter
A.P. McCartney
Date submitted
August 23, 0097
Measured Age
90 ± 140
Normalized Age
90 ± 140
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
Neoeskimo; Néoesquimau
Stratigraphic component
House 3
Context
House 3, section south 12/west 2, Level 18, 99-104 cm depth
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Cetacea
Comments
MbDg-1: The site contains nine Neoeskimo winter houses, with historic reoccupation noted through the presence of European artifacts. McCartney comments: Given the lack of boulder and slab rock construction (flagstone floor, doorway, distinct walls, benches or platforms) typical of Thule houses in the eastern Canadian Arctic, it is possible that this house might be a qarmat structure of the historic period. Whale bone fragments and a small number of artifacts are present, but none is distinctively from the prehistoric period.

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