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Lab number
CAMS-114502
Material dated
Caribou antler collagen
Locality
In the Killik River Valley, west side of the river. Gates of the Arctic National Park. Central Brooks Range, AK.
Submitter
Jeff Rasic, NPS
Uploader
A. Martindale
Date uploaded
March 23, 2015
Measured Age
460 ± 35
δ13C (per mil)
-19.5
Significance
Inupiat, palaeobiology
Context
Locality 3, Block B, N526, E531, shot 1271. Excavated 27July 2004.
Comments
The sample is a worked (grooved and split) caribou antler. In 2004, NPS recovered several hundred pounds of faunal remains, charcoal and botanical samples, ceramics, antler and bone tools, and lithic artifacts. Little if any of the main locality remains.