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- Lab number
- GSC-6577
- Field number
- 00-DCA-046
- Material dated
- wood; bois
- Taxa dated
- Picea? sp. driftwood (12.3 g, id. by R.J. Mott)
- Locality
- north-central coast of Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories
- Map sheet
- 87 E/5
- Submitter
- A.S. Dyke and J.M. Savelle
- Date submitted
- February 26, 2002
- Measured Age
- 780 ± 50
- Normalized Age
- 790 ± 50
- δ13C (per mil)
- -24.2
- Significance
- Neoeskimo, Thule; Néoesquimau, Thuléen
- Context
- cross-slat of a komatik on the surface of beach gravel, 24 m asl
- Associated taxa
- Mammalia: Cetacea, Rangifer tarandus
- Additional information
- The surface and wood along cracks were removed, and the sample was cut into slivers to search for contaminants.
- Comments
- ObPk-11 (00-DCA-046): A disintegrated komatik and associated artifacts occur beside an isolated hearth on a raised beach. The komatik runners and cross-slats are made of driftwood. Runner 1 is 157 cm long, 16 cm widest, with 7 lashing holes remaining and part of an eighth. Runner 2 is 150 cm long with 8 remaining lashing holes. There were probably 2 more holes; maximum width 18 cm. Cross-slats: 59.5 x 6.5 cm; 59.0 x 4.5 cm; 59.5 x 8.0 cm; 59.5 x 9.5 cm; 57.0 x 8.0 cm (incomplete); 57.0 x 6.0 cm. Two antler sled shoe pieces measure 38.5 cm x 4.0 cm, with 6 drilled holes, and 54.0 x 4.0 cm, with 6 holes. The associated artifacts include a composite snow knife made of antler (two pieces with drilled holes in each), with a total reconstructed length of 37.5 cm and maximum width of 6.5 cm. An additional probable knife handle made of antler is 30.0 cm long and 3.5 cm wide. A rectangular whale bone piece with 2 drilled holes measures 25.5 x 4.0 x 2.0 cm. One half of a cross-slat was collected for dating.