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Lab number
TO-8538
Field number
99-DCA-199a
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Taxa dated
Picea sp. (driftwood, 183 mg, id. by R.J. Mott)
Locality
Innirit Point, about 22 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
3190 ± 70
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Predorset?; Paléoesquimau, Prédorsétien
Context
isolated Paleoeskimo box hearth, 3-15 cm depth, 12.75 m asl
Associated taxa
Aves
Additional information
The sample was leached in HCl, giving a moderate initial reaction.
Comments
NhPk-5 (99-DCA-199): This site is on a raised gravel beach at 12.75 m elevation. It consists of a series of 22+ features along approximately 100 m parallel to shore. Most are scattered or poorly defined tent rings, while several are isolated hearths. Three samples were collected: 199a (TO-8538), chunky charcoal from an isolated box hearth, 3-15 cm depth; 199b, bird bone from same hearth, 3-15 cm depth; 199c, fine grained charcoal from a probable hearth in a midpassage 10 m northwest of 199a.

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