A preboreal Elk (Alces alces L., 1758) antler from south-eastern Norway
In 1895 a shed elk antler was found in a mire on a farm near Fluberg, in Søndre Land municipality in south-eastern Norway. The antler was first radiocarbon dated in 2008 and yielded the age 9,100 ± 50 BP (8,340 – 8,250 BC), which is the oldest dated elk remain from Norway. Elk (Alces alces L., 1758)...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:8c719b78d1154c29822db8d4fd831645 2023-05-15T13:12:48+02:00 A preboreal Elk (Alces alces L., 1758) antler from south-eastern Norway Finn Audun Grøndahl Anne Karin Hufthammer Svein Olaf Dahl Jørgen Rosvold 2010-09-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v30i0.629 https://doaj.org/article/8c719b78d1154c29822db8d4fd831645 EN eng Norwegian University of Science and Technology https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/fauna_norvegica/article/view/629 https://doaj.org/toc/1502-4873 https://doaj.org/toc/1891-5396 doi:10.5324/fn.v30i0.629 1502-4873 1891-5396 https://doaj.org/article/8c719b78d1154c29822db8d4fd831645 Fauna Norvegica, Vol 30 (2010) Mammalia immigration Zoology QL1-991 article 2010 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v30i0.629 2022-12-31T11:45:13Z In 1895 a shed elk antler was found in a mire on a farm near Fluberg, in Søndre Land municipality in south-eastern Norway. The antler was first radiocarbon dated in 2008 and yielded the age 9,100 ± 50 BP (8,340 – 8,250 BC), which is the oldest dated elk remain from Norway. Elk (Alces alces L., 1758) are a pioneer colonising species; they were already established south of the ice front in Denmark and southern Sweden in the Late Glacial period. This antler shows that the species had arrived in south-eastern Norway in the late Preboreal period. This could tie in with the earliest arrival of elk once the colonizing routes from southern Sweden were established 9,300-9,200 BP. The antler is clearly of the palmate morph, and strongly resembles elk antlers found in Denmark and southern Sweden from the Late Glacial and Early Holocene periods. This find also reveals that the vegetation at the end of the Preboreal period suited large herbivores such as elk. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alces alces Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Norway Fluberg ENVELOPE(25.166,25.166,70.068,70.068) Fauna norvegica 30 0 |
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In 1895 a shed elk antler was found in a mire on a farm near Fluberg, in Søndre Land municipality in south-eastern Norway. The antler was first radiocarbon dated in 2008 and yielded the age 9,100 ± 50 BP (8,340 – 8,250 BC), which is the oldest dated elk remain from Norway. Elk (Alces alces L., 1758) are a pioneer colonising species; they were already established south of the ice front in Denmark and southern Sweden in the Late Glacial period. This antler shows that the species had arrived in south-eastern Norway in the late Preboreal period. This could tie in with the earliest arrival of elk once the colonizing routes from southern Sweden were established 9,300-9,200 BP. The antler is clearly of the palmate morph, and strongly resembles elk antlers found in Denmark and southern Sweden from the Late Glacial and Early Holocene periods. This find also reveals that the vegetation at the end of the Preboreal period suited large herbivores such as elk. |
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A preboreal Elk (Alces alces L., 1758) antler from south-eastern Norway |
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A preboreal Elk (Alces alces L., 1758) antler from south-eastern Norway |
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A preboreal Elk (Alces alces L., 1758) antler from south-eastern Norway |
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A preboreal Elk (Alces alces L., 1758) antler from south-eastern Norway |
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A preboreal Elk (Alces alces L., 1758) antler from south-eastern Norway |
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preboreal elk (alces alces l., 1758) antler from south-eastern norway |
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