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Beta-18129 (2135 ±120)
http://www.canadianarchaeology.ca//samples//5772
site PfLt-? in 19 km north-northeast of Cape Richard Collinson, M'Clintock Channel, 2.4 km inland on westernmost Pr.
Date stored in 'Canadian Archaeological Radiocarbon Database (CARD)
Field number : 86-DCA-406 68 B/14 C.R. Harington August 21, 0098 1975 120 Significance :
palaeobiology; paleobiologie Associated taxa : Mammalia: Ursus maritimus PfLt-VP: This is the only
find of polar bear bones, other than at modern sea level or near an archaelogical site, in 3 field
sessions of extensive ground traversing on Prince of Wales Island. The bones looked old and are
worth dating on the speculation that the bear died on the beach or on sea ice. Polar bear canines…
