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Lab number
Beta-136356
Material dated
caribou feces; fèces de caribou
Taxa dated
Rangifer tarandus
Locality
20 km southwest of Whitehorse, Yukon drainage, southwest Yukon Territory
Submitter
R. Farnell
Date submitted
October 4, 2005
Normalized Age
8330 ± 60
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
1.5 m above the base of an alpine ice patch
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Rangifer tarandus
Additional information
AMS date. Beta-140623, 7850 +/- 50 BP, also dates this sample.
Comments
JdUt-17, Mount Granger: A permanent snow patch preserves an unusual record of caribou - human interaction spanning more than 8000 years.

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