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Lab number
K-1044
Material dated
walrus bone collagen; collagène osseux de morse
Taxa dated
Odobenus rosmarus tusk
Locality
on Kaersut Island, Igloolik area, Foxe Basin, Nunavut
Map sheet
47 D/08
Submitter
J. Meldgaard
Date submitted
July 21, 0098
Measured Age
1100 ± 100
Normalized Age
1260 ± 100
δ13C (per mil)
-15.0
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Dorset; Paléoesquimau, Dorsétien
Context
terrace 6.5 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Odobenus rosmarus
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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