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Lab number
GSC-3098
Material dated
willow wood; bois de saule
Taxa dated
Salix sp. (3.5 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
1000 ± 100
Normalized Age
970 ± 100
δ13C (per mil)
-27.3
Significance
Neoeskimo, Thule, Ruin Island; Néoesquimau, Thuléen
Stratigraphic component
House 3
Context
House 3 floor, kitchen area, 15 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia 347, Lepus arcticus 1, Canis sp 47-1, Alopex lagoppus 7-1, Ursus maritimus 15-1, Odobenus rosmarus 102-3, Phoca sp 226-13, Erignathus sp? 3-1, Ovibos moschatus 5-1, Cetacea 16; Aves, Gavia stellata, Somateria mollissima, Larus hyperboreus
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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