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- Lab number
- GSC-6477
- Field number
- 99-DCA-223
- Material dated
- wood; bois
- Taxa dated
- Picea sp. driftwood (11.4 g, id. by R.J. Mott)
- Locality
- north shore of Austin Bay, Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island, Nunavut
- Map sheet
- 87 A/10 E
- Submitter
- A.S. Dyke and J.M. Savelle
- Date submitted
- February 26, 2002
- Measured Age
- 2700 ± 70
- Normalized Age
- 2710 ± 70
- δ13C (per mil)
- -24.5
- Significance
- culture?
- Context
- jammed into a boulder tent ring, 3.75 m asl
- Additional information
- Surface and wood along cracks was removed, revealing light brown interior wood which was cut into splinters to search for contaminants.
- Comments
- NdPd-3 (99-DCA-223): This site includes 19 boulder meat caches and 11 heavy boulder tent rings spread along about 150 m on the crest of a drumlin. The tent rings are apparently of two ages, one entirely vegetated, the other lightly (about 20%) vegetated. A sample of driftwood jammed into one of the older tent rings was collected. The site is on the wave eroded crest of a drumlin forming a coastal headland. The lower part of the well vegetated tent rings are 3.75 m aht. The elevation of the tent ring with the dated wood was unfortunately not recorded, but is somewhat more than 3.75 m. A muskox humerus rests on the surface (collected by J. Savelle).