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Lab number
CAMS-65202
Field number
99-DCA-265
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Taxa dated
Picea sp. (driftwood, 290 mg, id. by R.J. Mott)
Locality
4.6 km north-northeast 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
1650 ± 60
δ13C (per mil)
-25.0
Significance
Palaeoeskimo or Neoeskimo; Paléoesquimau ou Néoesquimau
Context
hearth on the exterior side of the western boulder line, near the middle of the line, 8 m asl
Additional information
The sample was leached in HCl, giving a strong initial reaction.
Comments
NePe-8 (99-DCA-265): This site has two parallel alignments of boulders, one 2.2 m long, the other 2.4 m long, spaced 2 m apart. Charcoal was collected from a hearth on the exterior side of the western boulder line, near the middle of the line. Caribou/muskox bone fragments are present on the surface.

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