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Lab number
TO-1107
Material dated
caribou bone collagen; collagène osseux de caribou
Taxa dated
Rangifer sp. calcaneus (id. by L.J. Jackson)
Locality
east end of Rice Lake, Northumberland County, Ontario
Map sheet
31 D/08
Submitter
L.J. Jackson
Date submitted
April 9, 0098
Normalized Age
4950 ± 80
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
lodgment till, 1 m depth, to which the bone was transported from some other sedimentological environment, possibly by bioturbation
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Rangifer sp
Additional information
AMS date.
Comments
BbGm-VP, Webb Bay: Although originally interpreted as a possible late Pleistocene specimen, an AMS date on this caribou calcaneus places it in the Archaic period. Pavlish and Alcock demonstrate that the bone was intrusive into the lodgment till in which it was discovered.

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