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Lab number
GSC-3310
Material dated
charred organic matter; matière organique carbonisée
Locality
on the main area of raised beaches on the north side of the Cape Herschel Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
39 E/11
Submitter
P. Schledermann
Date submitted
July 20, 0098
Measured Age
4240 ± 80
Normalized Age
4340 ± 80
δ13C (per mil)
-19.3
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, AST; Paléoesquimau, Microlithique de l'Arctique
Context
component 2, beneath a sandstone slab near feature 1, 20.9 m asl
Additional information
The sample may have contained charred bone, wood, and possibly melted blubber or other animal debris.
Comments
SdFi-7, Blake: Judging from the 13C ratio, GSC-3349 probably consisted of terrestrial mammal bone. Schledermann gives the Borden designation as SdFh-4.

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