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Lab number
TO-8531
Field number
99-DCA-158b
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Taxa dated
Picea? sp. (driftwood, 80 mg)
Locality
about 11 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
Normalized Age
4490 ± 90
Significance
Palaeoeskimo; Paléoesquimau
Context
Paleoeskimo hearth, 12.5 m asl
Additional information
Adhering sand grains were scraped off the sample.
Comments
NhPl-7 (99-DCA-158): Probable Palaeoeskimo dwelling features at this site occur on several raised beaches between 12.5 and 13.5 m elevation. Charcoal samples 158a and 158b were collected from the lower level, four slight beach ridges below the highest probable Palaeoeskimo features. The upper level has three dwelling features spread over about 50 m. The lower level has 25 features over 150 m. One burin was noted in a feature on the upper level. Two quartzite debris scatters occur in the lower level, and chert flakes are common throughout the site.

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