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Lab number
AA-40586
Field number
00-DCA-150
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Taxa dated
Salix sp. (86 mg, id. by R.J. Mott)
Locality
west of Woodward Point, northeast shore of Prince Albert Sound, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories
Map sheet
87 E/10
Submitter
A.S. Dyke and J.M. Savelle
Date submitted
February 25, 2002
Normalized Age
4133 ± 42
δ13C (per mil)
-26.0
Significance
Palaeoeskimo; Paléoesquimau
Context
external box hearth 2 m from a tent ring, 16 m asl
Additional information
The sample was leached in HCl, giving a strong initial reaction.
Comments
OdPd-18 (00-DCA-150): A Paleoeskimo site with 5 dwelling features occurs on coarse beach gravel at 16 m elevation. Charcoal was collected from an external box hearth 2 m from a tent ring.

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