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Lab number
S-3343
Field number
90-DCA-168
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus otic capsule (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
Levasseur Inlet, Admiralty Inlet, Borden Peninsula, 1 m asl, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
48 B/10
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
900 ± 50
Normalized Age
1060 ± 50
δ13C (per mil)
-15.0
Significance
palaeobiology, archaeology?; paléobiologie, archéologie?
Context
gravel on a raised beach overlooking Admiralty Inlet
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
PdHq-VP: A fractured otic capsule and periotic bones were collected in situ from both sides of a bowhead skull 70% buried in sandy beach gravel. It is located in the second raised beach. The skull is upright and 128 cm wide. There are numerous tent rings along this stretch of coast.

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