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Lab number
GSC-3156
Material dated
plant remains; restes de plantes
Taxa dated
Cassiope tetragona (15.5 g, id. by W. Blake, Jr.)
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 30, 0097
Measured Age
660 ± 60
Normalized Age
630 ± 60
δ13C (per mil)
-26.8
Significance
Neoeskimo, Thule, Ruin Island; Néoesquimau, Thuléen
Stratigraphic component
House 21
Context
House 21, central floor area, 9-10 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia 155, Canis sp 45-2, Alopex lagopus 274-6, Ursus maritimus 32-2, Odobenus rosmarus 74-4, Phoca sp 401-7, Erignathus sp? 59-5, Ovibos moschatus 2-1, Cetacea 16; Aves, Chen caerulescens, Larus hyperboreus, Alle alle, Corvus corax
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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