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Lab number
Beta-140679
Field number
MgVo-2: J6-8-18
Material dated
bone collagen; collagène osseux
Taxa dated
Rangifer tarandus or Ovis dalli
Locality
Lower middle course of the Bluefish River, a north-flowing affluent of the Porcupine River, upstream from the Porcupine Ramparts
Map sheet
116 N/02
Submitter
J. Cinq-Mars
Date submitted
July 17, 0098
Measured Age
21030 ± 150
Normalized Age
21100 ± 150
δ13C (per mil)
-20.9
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Stratigraphic component
Unit J6
Additional information
AMS date, collagen extraction with alkali. The specimen comes from excavation unit J6, located about 6/7 m downslope from the mouth of the cave; it was found in the lower tiers or level 8 (basal loess) of a thick loess unit, in association with various taxa representative of the local Late Pleistocene fauna.

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