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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ftntnutrondhojs:oai:www.ntnu.no/ojs:article/629 2023-05-15T13:12:48+02:00 A preboreal Elk (Alces alces L., 1758) antler from south-eastern Norway Grøndahl, Finn Audun Hufthammer, Anne Karin Dahl, Svein Olaf Rosvold, Jørgen 2010-09-28 application/pdf http://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/fauna_norvegica/article/view/629 https://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v30i0.629 eng eng Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), University Museum http://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/fauna_norvegica/article/view/629/608 Copyright (c) 2010 Finn Audun Grøndahl, Anne Karin Hufthammer, Svein Olaf Dahl, Jørgen Rosvold http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 CC-BY-NC Fauna norvegica; Vol 30 (2010); 9-12 1891-5396 1502-4873 Mammalia; immigration info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2010 ftntnutrondhojs https://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v30i0.629 2017-08-09T19:53:05Z 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 NTNU Open Access Journals (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) 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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Grøndahl, Finn Audun Hufthammer, Anne Karin Dahl, Svein Olaf Rosvold, Jørgen |
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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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Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), University Museum |
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2010 |
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http://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/fauna_norvegica/article/view/629 https://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v30i0.629 |
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