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- Lab number
- Beta-15391
- Material dated
- willow? charcoal; charbon de saule?
- Taxa dated
- Salix sp.?
- Locality
- Truelove Lowland, Devon Island, Nunavut
- Map sheet
- 48 G/09
- Submitter
- J.W. Helmer
- Date submitted
- August 26, 0098
- Normalized Age
- 3800 ± 90
- Significance
- Palaeoeskimo, Predorset, anomalous, old; Paléoesquimau; Prédorsétien, anormal
- Stratigraphic component
- Feature 17
- Context
- feature 17, an amorphous tent ring, 6-7 m asl
- Associated taxa
- Mammalia: Dicrostonyx sp, Cetacea, Canis sp, Alopex lagopus, Ursus maritimus, Odobenus rosmarus, Phoca sp, Erignathus barbatus, Rangifer tarandus, Homo sapiens (fetal skeleton); Aves, Chen caerulescens
- Additional information
- This small sample was given extended counting time.
- Comments
- QkHn-27, Rocky Point: This is the type site of Helmer's Rocky Point complex, the fourth episode of Palaeoeskimo occupation in the north Devon lowlands. Helmer considers both dates to be older than the 3200-2800 BP time range inferred from comparative analysis. Feature 17 contained the nearly complete skeleton of a human fetus, 7-12 weeks premature.