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Lab number
P-212
Material dated
caribou bone; os de caribou
Taxa dated
Rangifer tarandus antler
Locality
on raised gravel beaches at Igloolik, Foxe Basin, Nunavut
Map sheet
47 D/02
Submitter
J. Meldgaard
Date submitted
September 1, 0097
Measured Age
2404 ± 137
Normalized Age
2484 ± 137
δ13C (per mil)
-20.0
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Dorset; Paléoesquimau, Dorsétien
Context
house ruin on 22 m terrace
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Rangifer tarandus
Additional information
Whole antler was burned to prepare the sample. The normalized age is a minimum age.
Comments
NhHd-1, Alarnerk: Samples of antler and ivory were obtained from Dorset house ruins. Meldgaard noted that antler dates are consistently younger than ivory dates, and he considered the latter more reliable. It is now known that normalizing and calibrating the dates often brings them into closer agreement.

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