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Lab number
GSC-3197
Material dated
willow wood; bois de saule
Taxa dated
Salix sp. 6 twigs, most lacking bark (10.0 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
860 ± 50
Normalized Age
810 ± 50
δ13C (per mil)
-28.4
Significance
Neoeskimo, Thule, Ruin Island; Néoesquimau, Thuléen
Stratigraphic component
House 6
Context
House 6 floor, kitchen tunnel, 50-60 cm depth, 9 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia 12, Lepus arcticus 2-1, Canis sp 21-1, Alopex lagopus 24-2, Ursus maritimus 13-1, Odobenus rosmarus 29-1, Phoca sp 563-8, Erignathus sp? 4-1, Ovibos moschatus 3-1, Cetacea 9
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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