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Lab number
GSC-2922
Material dated
willow wood; bois de saule
Taxa dated
Salix sp. (15.4 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
810 ± 70
Normalized Age
780 ± 70
δ13C (per mil)
-26.8
Significance
Neoeskimo, Thule, Ruin Island; Néoesquimau, Thuléen
Stratigraphic component
House 9
Context
House 9 floor, kitchen tunnel, 5-6 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia 149, Canis sp 17-3, Alopex lagopus 12-3, Ursus maritimus 21-1, Odobenus rosmarus 24-2, Phoca sp 203-5, Erignathus sp? 6-1, Ovibos moschatus 3-1, Cetacea 15; Aves, Somateria mollissima, Stercorarius longicaudus
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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