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Lab number
GSC-3033
Material dated
willow wood; bois de saule
Taxa dated
Salix sp. twig (4.5 g, id. by L.D. Farley-Gill)
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
800 ± 70
Normalized Age
800 ± 70
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
Neoeskimo, Thule, Ruin Island; Néoesquimau, Thuléen
Stratigraphic component
House 14
Context
House 14 floor, 10-11 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia 319, Lepus arcticus 1, Canis sp 43-2, Alopex lagopus 39-2, Ursus maritimus 16-1, Odobenus rosmarus 24-2, Phoca sp 175-6, Erignathus sp? 8-1, Ovibos moschatus 2-1, Cetacea 16
Additional information
Mixed with dead gas for counting.
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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