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Lab number
S-2484
Field number
CMC-1313
Material dated
ungulate bone collagen; collagène osseux d' ongulé
Taxa dated
Rangifer tarandus and Ovibos moschatus
Locality
Truelove Lowland, Devon Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
48 G/09
Submitter
J.W. Helmer
Date submitted
August 7, 0097
Measured Age
3850 ± 95
Normalized Age
3930 ± 95
δ13C (per mil)
-20.0
Significance
Palaeoeskimo; Paléoesquimau
Stratigraphic component
Feature 4
Context
feature 4, an ovate tent ring, 8-9 m asl, composite sample from 5 1x1 m units (102-104N/135-136E)
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Cetacea, Alopex lagopus, Ursus maritimus, Odobenus rosmarus, Phoca sp, Erignathus barbatus, Rangifer tarandus, Ovibos moschatus; Aves, Chen caerulescens, Clangula hyemalis, Somateria sp
Additional information
Listed incorrectly as S-1313, caribou bone (Helmer, 1991: 304), and as musk-ox bone (Helmer, 1991: 307).
Comments
QkHn-13, Ice Breaker Beach: This is the type site of Helmer's Icebreaker Beach complex, the second of six episodes of Palaeoeskimo occupation in the north Devon lowlands, represented by Features 1, 4, 14, and 15.

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