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- Lab number
- AA-41515
- Field number
- 00-DCA-186a
- Material dated
- charcoal; charbon de bois
- Taxa dated
- Salix sp. (67 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
- 3971 ± 46
- δ13C (per mil)
- -25.7
- Significance
- Palaeoeskimo; Paléoesquimau
- Context
- hearth in a Palaeoeskimo midpassage, 13.5 m asl
- Additional information
- The sample was leached in HCl, giving a moderate initial reaction.
- Comments
- OdPe-8 (00-DCA-186): This site contains 9 Palaeoeskimo dwelling features, all midpassages with hearths, on medium beach gravel, 8 at 13.5 m and 1 at 14 m elevation. The site is 150-200 m west of a large pond. Two samples were collected from a hearth measuring 50 x 35 cm (interior) in a midpassage measuring 2.8 x 1.7 m: 186a, charcoal (AA-41515) and 186b, burnt bone.