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Lab number
S-2665
Field number
84-DCA-507
Material dated
seal bone collagen; collagène osseux de phoque
Taxa dated
Phoca sp. humerus (id. by D.E.C. Green)
Locality
39.9 m asl, Barrow Strait, north-central Russell Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
68 E/03
Submitter
D.E.C. Green
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
5910 ± 195
Normalized Age
6070 ± 195
δ13C (per mil)
-15.0
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
sand and gravel on a raised beach overlooking Barrow Strait
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Phoca sp
Comments
QaLg-VP: According to A.S. Dyke, S-2665 is too young to relate to a relative sea level of 40 metres elevation, which should be >7.0 ka BP. This is one of the oldest seal bone dates from Arctic Canada, but the result should be treated as a minimum estimate of the age of the bones.

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