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Lab number
SFU-82
Material dated
fox bone collagen; collagène osseux de renard
Taxa dated
Alopex lagopus
Locality
on the west coast of Karluk Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
68 H/10
Submitter
J.W. Helmer
Date submitted
October 10, 0097
Measured Age
2470 ± 120
Normalized Age
2530 ± 120
δ13C (per mil)
-21.0
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Dorset; Paléoesquimau, Dorsétien
Context
midden at west end of island, 10-11 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Alopex lagopus
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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