Radiocarbon dating the extinct caribou on Franz Josef Land

• Published in: Boreas
• Main Authors: ZALE, ROLF, GLAZOVSKIY, ANDREY, NASLUND, JENS‐OVE
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1994
• Subjects: Arctic; Franz Josef Land; Nordaustlandet; Svalbard; Rangifer tarandus; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.1994.tb00947.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1502-3885.1994.tb00947.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1502-3885.1994.tb00947.x

Seven old, shed caribou ( Rangifer tarandus ) antlers from Alexandra Land, in the high arctic Franz Josef Land archipelago where no caribou are found today, were dated to between 3870 ± 70 and 2245 ± 70 radiocarbon years BP. All were found on the ground above the highest shoreline, thus not transpor...