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Lab number
S-3588
Field number
94-DCA-220
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus periotic (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
8.8 km north-northeast of Cape Home, Croker Bay, 5.5 m asl, Lancaster Sound coast of Devon Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
48 E/12
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
8490 ± 200
Normalized Age
8630 ± 200
δ13C (per mil)
-16.2
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
gravel on a raised beach overlooking Lancaster Sound
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Additional information
Moved to the 8 ka sheet in MAH, as the 2-sigma limit extends to <8500 BP. It appears under ice on the 9 ka sheet.
Comments
QdHk-VP: A periotic bone was collected from one side of a bowhead skull 100% buried in till capped by thin beach gravel and peat.

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