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Lab number
GSC-6579
Field number
00-DCA-089
Material dated
wood; bois
Taxa dated
Picea? sp. driftwood (12 g, id. by R.J. Mott)
Locality
northeast coast of Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories
Map sheet
87 E/2
Submitter
A.S. Dyke and J.M. Savelle
Date submitted
February 26, 2002
Measured Age
640 ± 50
Normalized Age
630 ± 50
δ13C (per mil)
-25.75
Significance
Neoeskimo, Thule; Néoesquimau, Thuléen
Context
komatik runner on the surface of coarse beach gravel, 10 m asl
Additional information
Exterior and wood along cracks were removed. Interior yellow-brown wood was cut into slivers to check for contaminants.
Comments
ObPd-10 (00-DCA-089): A disintegrated, scattered komatik occurs beside a tent ring on a coarse gravel raised beach. The komatik runner is made of driftwood and is 139 cm long, 12 cm high, and 5 cm wide, with 7 lashing holes along the top of the runner and 1 near the bottom at the front. A scatter of kindling at the site may represent parts of the komatik that were intended to be burnt. A detached piece of the runner was collected for dating. A 2-cm thick piece of the sample representing the top edge of the runner above the lashing holes was selected for dating, because this would have been closest to the surface of the log used to make the runner.

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