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Lab number
S-1673
Field number
CMC-1022
Material dated
muskox bone collagen; collagène osseux de boeuf musqué
Taxa dated
Ovibos moschatus
Locality
on the west coast of Karluk Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
68 H/10
Submitter
J.W. Helmer
Date submitted
August 17, 0097
Measured Age
2210 ± 120
Normalized Age
2290 ± 120
δ13C (per mil)
-20.0
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Dorset; Paléoesquimau, Dorsétien
Context
Locality 6, 11-12 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Ovibos moschatus
Additional information
This date is listed incorrectly as S-1637 in Rutherford et al. (1981).
Comments
QjLd-21: Helmer (1980: 439) considers S-1673 to provide a minimum age for the early Dorset occupation of Karluk Island.

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