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Lab number
CAMS-62186
Field number
99-DCA-251
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Taxa dated
Picea sp., ?Salix sp. (139 mg, id. by R.J. Mott)
Locality
8.8 km north of Cache Point, Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
87 A/10 E
Submitter
A.S. Dyke and J.M. Savelle
Date submitted
February 26, 2002
Normalized Age
3470 ± 40
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
Palaeoeskimo; Paléoesquimau
Context
driftwood from a Palaeoeskimo hearth, 29.5 m asl
Additional information
The sample was leached in HCl, giving a moderate initial reaction.
Comments
NePe-1 (99-DCA-251): This site is a single Paleoeskimo midpassage measuring 1.6 x 0.5 m, with abundant boiling stones in association, a raised beach at 29.5 m elevation. Charcoal was collected from the hearth at 5 cm depth in open-work gravel.

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