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Lab number
TO-1555
Material dated
muskox bone collagen; collagène osseux de boeuf musqué
Taxa dated
Ovibos moschatus (id. by M. Cummings)
Locality
on a small gravel terrace on Knud Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
39 G/01
Submitter
P. Schledermann
Date submitted
October 31, 0097
Normalized Age
3610 ± 60
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Saqqaq; Paléoesquimau
Context
midden just outside the southwest wall of dwelling feature 1, 21 m asl
Associated taxa
see GSC-3268
Additional information
AMS date
Comments
SgFm-16, Bight: It produced a number of diagnostic artifacts indicating a close relationship with the Saqqaq complex of Greenland. The driftwood sample should be considered to provide a maximum limit on the age of the occupation.

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