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Lab number
GSC-2165
Material dated
conifer charcoal; charbon de conifère
Taxa dated
Picea sp. and/or Larix sp. (11.1 g, id. by R.J. Mott)
Locality
on a raised gravel beach 20 m asl, about 500 m inland from Muskox Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
49 B/05
Submitter
R. McGhee
Date submitted
October 31, 0097
Measured Age
4370 ± 60
Normalized Age
4360 ± 60
δ13C (per mil)
-25.6
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Independence I; Paléoesquimau, Indépendentien I
Stratigraphic component
Ruin 4
Context
driftwood? in coarse gravel within Ruin 4, 0-10 cm depth
Comments
RcHw-4, Cape Storm: GSC-2165 is within the range of five dates on driftwood charcoal associated with similar material in northern Greenland, and it is slightly older than three driftwood charcoal dates associated with similar material from Port Refuge, Devon Island (RbJu-1).

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