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

• Published in: PeerJ
• Main Authors: John P. Hart, Robert S. Feranec, Timothy J. Abel, Jessica L. Vavrasek
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PeerJ Inc. 2019
• Subjects: Freshwater reservoir offsets; Dogs; Radiocarbon dating; St. Lawrence River; Bayesian dietary modeling; Medicine; R; Lawrence River; Canis lupus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7174; https://doaj.org/article/03e1cbe8a73c4c36aa44154ebff7b2c4

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 lak...