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Canada / NU / QkHn-8 (Gneiss) / Beta-12405
- Lab number
- Beta-12405
- Material dated
- charcoal; charbon de bois
- Locality
- Truelove Lowland, Devon Island, Nunavut
- Map sheet
- 48 G/09
- Submitter
- J.W. Helmer
- Date submitted
- July 20, 0098
- Normalized Age
- 4160 ± 180
- Significance
- Palaeoeskimo; Paléoesquimau
- Stratigraphic component
- Features 1 & 2
- Context
- driftwood?, features 1 and 2, axial-passage tent rings, 15-16 m asl
- Additional information
- This small sample was given extending counting time.
- Comments
- QkHn-8, Gneiss: This is one of three sites assigned to the Far Site Complex, representing the earliest Palaeoeskimo occupation of the north Devon lowlands. These sites are on raised beaches ranging 12-16 m asl.