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Canada / NU / TkAt-4 (Sojourn) / Beta-36449
- Lab number
- Beta-36449
- Material dated
- charcoal; charbon de bois
- Locality
- situated on two gravel terraces (14 and 24 m above the river), 4 km from Chandler Fiord, on the north side of Ruggles River, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
- Map sheet
- 120 C/11
- Submitter
- P. Sutherland
- Date submitted
- October 23, 0098
- Normalized Age
- 3870 ± 100
- Significance
- Palaeoeskimo, Independence I; Paléoesquimau, Indépendentien I
- Context
- hearth feature 1, in dwelling on upper terrace
- Comments
- TkAt-4, Sojourn: This is an Independence I and possibly also an Independence II site with dwellings of the midpassage and gravel depression type and with caches on both terrace levels. The upper terrace occupation is believed to be affiliated with Independence I. The lower terrace occupation may represent early Independence II as the recovered artifacts include both Independence I and II types. Sutherland considers Beta-7772 to be a questionable date.