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Lab number
I-2057
Field number
CMC- 90
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
about 1.6 km southeast of the mouth of Ekalluk River on southeastern Victoria Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
77 D/06
Submitter
W.E. Taylor, Jr.
Date submitted
September 21, 0097
Measured Age
3180 ± 120
Normalized Age
3180 ± 120
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Predorset; Paléoesquimau; Prédorsétien
Context
section 3, test cut 1, culture layer, 18-20 cm depth
Comments
NiNg-7, Wellington Bay: The site contains Pre-Dorset material associated with a high percentage of sea mammal remains, suggesting a predominantly marine-based subsistence pattern at a time when sea level was considerably higher. The date indicates that this is a late Pre-Dorset site.

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