The Late Wisconsinan and Holocene record of walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) from North America: A review with new data from Arctic and Atlantic Canada. Arctic 52

• Main Authors: Arthur S. Dyke, James Hooper, C. Richard Harington, James M. Savelle
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: Key words; Pleistocene and Holocene fossil walrus; sea ice; deglaciation; climate change; archaeo; Arctic; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Canada; Pacific; Indian; British Columbia; Arctic Archipelago; bowhead whale; Climate change; Odobenus rosmarus; Sea ice; Subarctic; walrus*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.572.2516; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic52-2-160.pdf

ABSTRACT. The Late Wisconsinan and Holocene record of the Atlantic walrus is known from numerous collections of bones and tusks from Arctic Canada and south to North Carolina, as well as from many archaeological sites in the Arctic and Subarctic. In contrast, the Pacific walrus has no dated Late Wis...