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- Lab number
- AA-40582
- Field number
- 00-DCA-132
- Material dated
- charcoal; charbon de bois
- Taxa dated
- Salix sp. (73 mg, id. by R.J. Mott)
- Locality
- Woodward Point, northeast shore of Prince Albert Sound, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories
- Map sheet
- 87 E/9
- Submitter
- A.S. Dyke and J.M. Savelle
- Date submitted
- February 25, 2002
- Normalized Age
- 2820 ± 44
- δ13C (per mil)
- -26.0
- Significance
- Palaeoeskimo; Paléoesquimau
- Context
- external rectangular hearth midway between two gravel rim tent rings, 10-10.5 m asl
- Additional information
- The sample was leached in HCl, giving a moderate to strong initial reaction.
- Comments
- OdPc-15 (00-DCA-132): This site has 6 Palaeoeskimo features spread between 10 and 12 m elevation: three groups of 2, 1, and 1 at 10-10.5 m; an isolated feature at 11-11.5 m; and another at 11-12 m. Charcoal (AA-40582) was collected from an external rectangular hearth located midway between two gravel rim tent rings, which are spaced about 15 m apart and are about 2 x 2.5 m across.