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Lab number
Beta-36448
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
on the north shore of the Very River at the west end of the first widening of the river, 3 m above present river level, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
340 D/09
Submitter
P. Sutherland
Date submitted
October 23, 0098
Normalized Age
4020 ± 90
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Independence I; Paléoesquimau, Indépendentien I
Context
hearth feature 3, in dwelling
Comments
TjFd-3, West Wind: There are four structures with midpassage features, three tent rings and a cache. Sutherland comments that the dates correspond well with radiocarbon dates from Kettle Lake in Tanquary Fiord on northern Ellesmere Island, and with the range of Independence I dates from Pearyland (Knuth, 1981: 106-107).

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