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Lab number
GSC-3268
Material dated
conifer charcoal; charbon de conifère
Taxa dated
Picea sp. or Larix sp. (id. by R.J. Mott)
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
Measured Age
3770 ± 360
Normalized Age
3790 ± 360
δ13C (per mil)
-23.8
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Saqqaq; Paléoesquimau
Context
driftwood in dwelling feature 1, small concentrations on the living floor, 21 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Lepus arcticus, Phoca hispida, Erignathus barbatus, Ovibos moschatus; Aves, Chen hyperboreus, Alle alle
Additional information
0.6 g after pretreatment, mixed with dead gas for counting.
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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