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Canada / NU / SfFi-1 (Cairn) / GSC-2821
- Lab number
- GSC-2821
- Material dated
- charred spruce wood; bois d' épinette carbonisé
- Taxa dated
- Picea sp. (id. by R.J. Mott)
- Locality
- near Cape Rutherford, northeast coast of Johan Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
- Map sheet
- 39 E/14
- Submitter
- P. Schledermann
- Date submitted
- October 31, 0097
- Measured Age
- 4270 ± 80
- Normalized Age
- 4250 ± 80
- δ13C (per mil)
- -26.3
- Significance
- Palaeoeskimo, AST; Paléoesquimau, Microlithique de l'Arctique
- Context
- driftwood, locality 1(A), central hearth of dwelling feature, 17 m asl
- Additional information
- 3.6 g after pretreatment, mixed with dead gas for counting.
- Comments
- SfFi-1, Cairn: Only a microblade was located near the hearth, and further cultural identification is needed. The sample submitted for GSC-2821 also contained larch, willow and unidentified deciduous wood, but only spruce wood was included in the processed sample.