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Lab number
TO-1556
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
July 20, 0098
Normalized Age
3840 ± 70
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Saqqaq; Paléoesquimau
Context
interior of dwelling feature 2, 19-20 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Lepus arcticus, Alopex lagopus, Ursus maritimus, Gulo gulo, Phoca hispida, Phoca groenlandica, Erignathus barbatus, Rangifer tarandus, Ovibos moschatus; Aves, Chen hyperboreus, Branta bernicla, Somateria spectabilis, Falco rusticolus, Sterna paradisaea, Carduelis hornemanni
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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