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United States / AK / 49XSP225 (Bone Spearpoint) / CAMS-107315

Lab number
CAMS-107315
Material dated
Bone collagen
Taxa dated
Rangifer (?)
Locality
On Portage Creek near its confluence with the Noatak River. Central Brooks Range, AK.
Submitter
Jeff Rasic, NPS
Uploader
A. Martindale
Date uploaded
March 23, 2015
Measured Age
275 ± 50
δ13C (per mil)
-19.86
Significance
Inupiat
Comments
Bone collagen from a pointed bone object (projectile point?). Size and shape are consistent with a caribou metatarsal (P. Matheus, 2004). Artifact was found on upper Noatak River bar by a park visitor.