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Lab number
LJ-1355+1359
Material dated
mammal bone; os de mammifère
Taxa dated
Mammalia
Locality
at the base of the bay on the west bank of the mouth of the Déception River, Nouveau-Québec region, Québec
Map sheet
35 J/02
Submitter
T.E. Lee
Date submitted
December 15, 0097
Measured Age
0
Normalized Age
0
δ13C (per mil)
-20.0
Significance
Neoeskimo, Inuit, anomalous, young; Néoesquimau, Inuit, anormal, jeune
Context
60-70 cm below the upper surface of a 2-layered stone paving of a collapsed beehive-shaped stone dwelling, buried 73-85 cm in rock rubble
Comments
KaFh-1, Baie Déception (A.L. Penhale): According to Lee, this large site has the only such dwelling known in Ungava. Several lines of evidence suggest it is not an Inuit site. It was thought perhaps to be attributable to the pre-Thule period. Overlying lichens and moss suggest antiquity of at least a century. The La Jolla lab report (LJ-V: 292) contains the following note: "after having been boiled in dilute HCl, bones were thoroughly roasted under purified He, to produce ca. 80 g charcoal. Much organic material exuded and much unpleasant odor resulted. Supply of collagen was obtained by acid treatment of some of sample, but this has not been run. Carbonate fraction of mammal bones has been shown unreliable for dating by [various laboratories]. Radioactivity of charcoal slightly exceeded that of 1878 wood standard."

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