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Canada / NU / SfFk-6 (Tusk) / TO-995
- Lab number
- TO-995
- Material dated
- willow? charcoal; charbon de saule?
- Taxa dated
- Salix sp.? (3 mg)
- Locality
- on Skraeling Island in Alexandria Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
- Map sheet
- 39 E/13
- Submitter
- P. Schledermann
- Date submitted
- July 20, 0098
- Normalized Age
- 3900 ± 60
- Significance
- Palaeoeskimo, Dorset, anomalous, old; Paléoesquimau, Dorsétien, anormal, vieux
- Stratigraphic component
- Lower
- Context
- lower component, dwelling feature 1, a tiny portion of a larger driftwood sample, 17-20 m asl
- Associated taxa
- Mammalia: Phoca sp
- Additional information
- This date is probably too old by several centuries.
- Comments
- SfFk-6, Tusk: The site is named for a partially buried walrus tusk, dated by RL-834, which may or may not be associated with artifacts of the Arctic Small Tool tradition found nearby. Because of this questionable association, a search for charred materials in 1981 produced a sample of charcoal (GSC-3362) that is thought to be derived from driftwood and therefore provides a maximum limit for the age of the artifacts.