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Lab number
GSC-1949
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
on a small bay on the south coast of Grinnell Peninsula, Devon Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
59 B/06
Submitter
R. McGhee
Date submitted
August 17, 0097
Measured Age
3480 ± 140
Normalized Age
3480 ± 140
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Independence I; Paléoesquimau, Indépendentien I
Stratigraphic component
Upper Beaches Component
Context
driftwood, Upper Beaches component, interior of Feature 21
Additional information
Driftwood, assumed to provide an early limit on the age.
Comments
RbJu-1, Port Refuge: The Cold component is an Independence I site, 24 m asl, with 31 habitation structures. The Gull Cliff component is a Pre-Dorset site, 18 m asl, with 36 habitation structures and cache features. The Upper Beaches component is an Independence I site with 26 features along 700 m of raised beaches, 22-24 m asl.

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