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)...
Published in: | Fauna norvegica |
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Main Authors: | , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), University Museum
2010
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Online Access: | http://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/fauna_norvegica/article/view/629 https://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v30i0.629 |