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Lab number
S-3039
Field number
CMC-1397
Material dated
caribou bone collagen; collagène osseux de caribou
Taxa dated
Rangifer tarandus
Locality
1 km north of the mouth of the Ekalluk River, 5 m asl, Victoria Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
77 D/06
Submitter
W.E. Taylor
Date submitted
August 8, 0097
Measured Age
1080 ± 125
Normalized Age
1160 ± 125
δ13C (per mil)
-20.0
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Dorset; Paléoesquimau, Dorsétien
Context
test cut inside southeast end wall of the southeasterly-most of three long structures, in the thin humus layer, 0-15 cm depth
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Rangifer tarandus
Comments
NiNg-17, Cadfael: The site includes three Dorset long structures and two hearth rows near them overlooking Wellington Bay and the Ekalluk River mouth. Other features include unusual anvil boulders.

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