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Lab number
S-2663
Field number
84-DCA-483
Material dated
seal bone collagen; collagène osseux de phoque
Taxa dated
Phoca sp. (id. by D.E.C. Green)
Locality
25.4 m asl, Barrow Strait, northeastern Russell Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
68 E/02
Submitter
D.E.C. Green
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
620 ± 235
Normalized Age
780 ± 235
δ13C (per mil)
-15.0
Significance
palaeobiology, anomalous, young; paléobiologie
Context
gravel, well covered with moss and humus-stained, overlooking Barrow Strait
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Phoca sp
Comments
QaLf-VP: According to A.S. Dyke, S-2663 is too young to relate to a relative sea level of 25 metres elevation, which should be >5.0 ka BP. It seems likely that the bones were contaminated by plant material which, along with the small bulk sample size, suggests that this result should be rejected.

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