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Lab number
GX-9024G
Material dated
Bone
Taxa dated
Mammut americanum, collagen
Type of date
Paleontological
Locality
Berkshire, Housatonic River valley, South Egremont, Great Barrington quadrangle, Massachusetts
Submitter
R.W. Moeller
Date uploaded
January 17, 2024
Updater
Wyoming Team
Date updated
December 31, 2020
Measured Age
11440 ± 655
Significance
Paleobiology
Context
peat matrix found in a pile of spoil removed from the base of a bog by a backhoe
Comments
Distal end of Mastodon femur, most of single tusk, 2 fragmentary portions of frontal bones of the skull, one showing butchering marks. 24-30 teeth fragments, other small bones, 2 possible choppers or bifaces. C14 dates 11,630±470 BP, 11,440±655 BP,

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