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Lab number
RIDDL-324
Material dated
caribou bone collagen; collagène osseux de caribou
Taxa dated
Rangifer tarandus antler (QdJb-3: 20)
Locality
on the southwest coast of Devon Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
58 E/09
Submitter
P. Sutherland
Date submitted
October 19, 0097
Normalized Age
560 ± 160
δ13C (per mil)
-20.0
Significance
Neoeskimo; Néoesquimau
Context
worked antler
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Rangifer tarandus
Additional information
AMS date.
Comments
QdJb-3, Maxwell Bay: The site was first reported in 1936 when a small collection of Dorset and Thule artifacts was donated to the National Museum. Its precise location was recorded by a NOGAP survey in 1985. P. Sutherland notes that a number of harpoon heads from the 1936 collection have been cited previously as indicating a very early Thule occupation for this site. RIDDL-324 suggests a Classic Thule occupation for this winter settlement. Despite the stylistic evidence suggesting an earlier occupation, there is no reason to question this date, because houses in Thule villages were often re-inhabited. Morrison (1989: 73) observes that much of the Maxwell Bay collection is of Early Classic Thule affiliation, but the assemblage also contains later Neoeskimo as well as Dorset material. The antler handle dated by RIDDL-324 is not diagnostic, beyond suggesting a Neoeskimo affiliation.

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