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Lab number
GSC-3174
Material dated
willow wood; bois de saule
Taxa dated
Salix sp. twigs with bark (9.8 g, id. by R.J. Mott)
Locality
on Skraeling Island off the north coast of the Johan Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
39 E/13
Submitter
P. Schledermann
Date submitted
October 28, 0097
Measured Age
600 ± 60
Normalized Age
550 ± 60
δ13C (per mil)
-27.7
Significance
Neoeskimo, Thule, Ruin Island; Néoesquimau, Thuléen
Stratigraphic component
House 8
Context
House 8 floor, ceremonial house, 5-6 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia 82, Canis sp 6-2, Alopex lagopus 2-1, Ursus maritimus 2-1, Odobenus rosmarus 36-2, Phoca sp 537-17, Erignathus sp? 10-1, Ovibos moschatus 12-1, Cetacea 30; Aves, Somateria spectabilis, Cepphus grylle
Comments
SfFk-4, Skraeling Island: It consists of 23 winter house ruins attributed to the Ruin Island phase of the Thule continuum. Schledermann (1980) describes Norse artifacts from this site.

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