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Lab number
BGS-2001
Material dated
charcoal; charbon de bois
Locality
near the village of Inukjuak on the east coast of Hudson Bay, Nunavik, Nouveau-Québec region, Québec
Map sheet
34 L/08
Submitter
Avataq Cultural Institute
Date submitted
April 9, 0099
Measured Age
1220 ± 150
Normalized Age
1240 ± 150
δ13C (per mil)
-23.62
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Dorset; Paléoesquimau, Dorsétien
Context
Area A, habitation zone 6, GS 106, level II
Comments
IcGm-5: Late middle Dorset occupations during warm seasons were characterized by heavy use of a local raw material, siltstone, the quarries of which are localized on nearby islands.

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