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Lab number
GSC-6580
Field number
99-DCA-219
Material dated
wood; bois
Taxa dated
Picea? sp. driftwood (13 g, id. by R.J. Mott)
Locality
in the Innirit Hills, about 17.5 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
Measured Age
320 ± 50
Normalized Age
300 ± 50
δ13C (per mil)
-26.0
Significance
Neoeskimo, Thule; Néoesquimau, Thuléen
Context
scraps of wood from a komatik on the surface of beach gravel, 5-10 m asl
Additional information
Surface and wood along cracks removed, revealing light yellowish brown wood, cut into splinters to check for contaminants.
Comments
NhPk-9 (99-DCA-219): A disintegrated komatik constructed from driftwood was lying on the surface of beach gravel spread over an area of about 10 x 10 m. Both runners and six slats are preserved. The longest runner is 181 cm x 16 cm x 4.5 cm. It has 10 rectangular gouged holes for lashing cross slats. The six slats measure in length: 70, 69.5, 67.5, 69.5, 70.5, 73.0 cm (the last is also the widest board). There is also a long, slender piece of wood (possibly a harpoon shaft, spear, or snow probe). Weathered scraps of wood from the komatik were collected for dating. The komatik probably relates to the major regional Thule site 99-DCA-181 (NhPk-2) about 1 km the the east.

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