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Lab number
GSC-2924
Material dated
willow wood; bois de saule
Taxa dated
Salix sp. (12.0 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
700 ± 70
Normalized Age
640 ± 70
δ13C (per mil)
-28.8
Significance
Neoeskimo, Thule, Ruin Island; Néoesquimau, Thuléen
Stratigraphic component
House 15
Context
House 15 floor, 10-11 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia 297, Lepus arcticus 1, Canis sp 206-5, Alopex lagopus 5-1, Ursus maritimus 39-3, Odobenus rosmarus 176-7, Phoca sp 1439-24, Erignathus sp? 56-4, Rangifer tarandus 2-1, Ovibos moschatus 22-2, Cetacea 97; Aves, Branta bernicla, Somateria mollissima, Somateria spectabilis, Larus hyperboreus, Larus thayeri, 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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