Radiocarbon dating of musk-ox ( Ovibos moschatus ) bones from the Thule region, northwest Greenland

ABSTRACT The Thule region in north Greenland formerly supported a population of musk-oxen ( Ovibos moschatus ). Radiocarbon dating of bones of this mammal collected on the terrain surface and from archaeological sites has yielded late Holocene ages, indicating that the species was a late immigrant t...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Bennike, Ole
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2013
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Greenland
Melville Bugt
Melville bugt
musk ox
North Greenland
ovibos moschatus
Polar Record
Thule
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247413000193
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247413000193

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