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Age BP | RIDDL-555 (0 ±0) | |
Site | MlTj-3 ( / on the Anderson Plain, Northwest Territories / NT / Canada ) | |
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Latitude | 68.0000 | |
Longitude | -131.0000 | |
Contact | Not available | |
Material | caribou bone collagen; collagene osseux de caribou | |
Taxonomy | b'Rangifer tarandus long bone' | |
Context | test pit 12 | |
References | Cinq-Mars, 1991 Harington, 2003: 419 Pilon, 1985, 1987 Vogel et al., 1991 | |
Comments | 106 O/14 J.-L. Pilon October 28, 0097 Significance : Recent Athapaskan; Athapascan recent Associated taxa : Mammalia: Rangifer tarandus Aditional Information : AMS date. MlTj-3: It yielded two of five bones that were submitted for dating to ascertain the length of time before which fresh, unburned large mammal bone would be affected by the acidic soils of the boreal forest. The bones had simply been discarded on the surface and slowly incorporated into the sod/humus. The results suggest that fresh mammal bone can persist for up to 300 years without significant alteration. Under specific burial conditions, such bones may persist with little change for at least 600 years. The two dates from this site were selected to verify the relation between an apparent bone disposal feature and a nearby living area. They also serve to confirm the lateness of the occupation which had been suggested by the recovery of an unidentified scrap of ferrous metal along with numerous stone and bone artifacts. | |
