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Lab number
K-504
Material dated
caribou bone; os de caribou
Taxa dated
Rangifer tarandus antler
Locality
on Kaersut Island, Igloolik area, Foxe Basin, Nunavut
Map sheet
47 D/08
Submitter
J. Meldgaard
Date submitted
September 2, 0097
Measured Age
600 ± 150
Normalized Age
680 ± 150
δ13C (per mil)
-20.0
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Dorset; Paléoesquimau, Dorsétien
Context
house ruin, 8 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Rangifer tarandus
Additional information
Whole antler was burned to prepare the sample. The normalized age is a minimum value.
Comments
NiHa-1, Kaersut Island: This is a house ruin of the latest Dorset stage, the artifacts showing the influence of invading Thule people. K-504 should give the period of contact between two cultures, probably representing the end of the Dorset occupation of this area, and it should also indicate a time when sea level was about 6.5 m higher than at present.

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