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- Lab number
- AA-41512
- Field number
- 00-DCA-174
- Material dated
- charcoal; charbon de bois
- Taxa dated
- Salix sp. (72 mg, id. by R.J. Mott)
- Locality
- west side of Page Point, north-central 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
- 3446 ± 47
- δ13C (per mil)
- -27.2
- Significance
- Palaeoeskimo; Paléoesquimau
- Context
- hearth in an isolated midpassage, 2-5 cm depth, 12 m asl
- Additional information
- The sample was leached in HCl, giving a strong initial reaction.
- Comments
- OePf-9 (00-DCA-174): This site contains an isolated midpassage and a group of three Palaeoeskimo dwelling features on medium beach gravel. Charcoal was collected from 2-5 cm depth in a hearth in the isolated feature. The hearth measures about 30 x 30 cm and the midpassage 2.35 x 1.35 m.