Freshwater reservoir offsets on radiocarbon-dated dog bone from the headwaters of the St. Lawrence River, USA

• Published in: PeerJ
• Main Authors: Hart, John P., Feranec, Robert S., Abel, Timothy J., Vavrasek, Jessica L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PeerJ 2019
• Subjects: Lawrence River; Canis lupus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7174; https://peerj.com/articles/7174.pdf; https://peerj.com/articles/7174.xml; https://peerj.com/articles/7174.html

Isotopic analysis of dog ( Canis lupus familiaris ) bone recovered from archaeological sites as proxies for human bone is becoming common in North America. Chronological placement of the dogs is often determined through radiocarbon dating of dog bone. The Great Lakes, their tributaries, and nearby l...