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Lab number
BGS-1854
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
1520 ± 80
Normalized Age
1570 ± 80
δ13C (per mil)
-21.94
Significance
Palaeoeskimo, Dorset; Paléoesquimau, Dorsétien
Context
Area B, structure 1B, near a small cache pit
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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