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- Lab number
- S-3086
- Field number
- 88-DCA-060
- Material dated
- walrus bone collagen; collagène osseux de morse
- Taxa dated
- Odobenus rosmarus tusk (id. by A.S. Dyke)
- Locality
- 7.5 km southeast of the mouth of Fitzgerald Bay, west coast of Brodeur Peninsula, 64 m asl, Prince Regent Inlet, northwest Baffin Island, Nunavut
- Map sheet
- 58 A/02
- Submitter
- A.S. Dyke
- Date submitted
- August 21, 0098
- Measured Age
- 9380 ± 100
- Normalized Age
- 9540 ± 100
- δ13C (per mil)
- -15.0
- Significance
- palaeobiology; paléobiologie
- Context
- gravel on a raised beach overlooking Prince Regent Inlet
- Associated taxa
- Mammalia: Odobenus rosmarus
- Additional information
- Moved to the 9 ka sheet in MAH, as the 2-sigma limit extends to <9500 BP. It appears under ice on the 10 ka sheet.
- Comments
- PaJf-VP: A walrus tusk was 10% buried in beach gravel with no other walrus bones at the site. The exposed part has been extensively chewed by animals, likely hare. Total weight = 1023 g.