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Lab number
CAMS-65201
Field number
99-DCA-210d
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Taxa dated
Picea sp. or Salix sp. (140 mg, id. by R.J. Mott)
Locality
about 10.5 km east of Point Caen, Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
87 D/05
Submitter
A.S. Dyke and J.M. Savelle
Date submitted
February 26, 2002
Normalized Age
870 ± 40
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
Neoeskimo, Thule; Néoesquimau, Thuléen
Context
driftwood from a Thule hearth, 2 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Phoca hispida
Additional information
The single piece of charcoal lacked any sign of contamination
Comments
NhPl-11 (99-DCA-210): This site is on a raised beach at 3-4 m asl. The site consists of the following: two isolated hearths spaced about 5 m apart, with a bone cleat in association on the 5th beach ridge at 2 m elevation; two tent rings with external hearths 10 m apart on the 7th beach ridge at 3 m elevation; one gravel-rimmed tent ring, one windbreak, one kayak/sled rest and two boulder caches 10 m inland on the 8th beach ridge at 4 m elevation; one large rectangular feature with paved floor on the 13th beach ridge (5-6 m elevation); three indistinct scattered tent rings(?) on the 16th beach ridge (5.5-6.5 m). Note that beach ridges 8-13 were designated as site 211 in the field, but it is more appropriate to consider them as belonging to site 210. Four samples were collected: 210a, driftwood apparently associated with the boulder support structure (positioned on outside of the boulders, embedded in beach gravel with same curvature at the boulder perimeter); 210b, a long slender piece of driftwood (40 x 2 x 1 cm) from inside the probable windbreak; 210c, ring seal bone (mandible and phalange) from the external hearth. On beach ridge 4 (estimated 2 m aht) are two isolated hearths, probably historic or late prehistoric, with a bone cleat artifact on the surface. Burnt wood (sample 210d) occurs in both hearths, which are about 5 m apart and have the same orientation (same wind direction). There is no evidence of European trade goods at this site.

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