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Lab number
Beta-20782
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
Truelove Lowland, Devon Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
48 G/09
Submitter
J.W. Helmer
Date submitted
August 7, 0097
Normalized Age
4500 ± 80
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Predorset, anomalous, old; Paléoesquimau; Prédorsétien, anormal
Stratigraphic component
Feature 14
Context
driftwood?, feature 14, an ovate tent ring, 8-9 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Lepus arcticus, Dicrostonyx sp, Cetacea, Canis sp, Alopex lagopus, Ursus maritimus, Odobenus rosmarus, Phoca sp, Erignathus barbatus, Rangifer tarandus, Ovibos moschatus; Aves, Chen caerulescens, Clangula hyemalis, Somateria sp, Branta bernicla, Larus hyperboreus
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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