A preboreal Elk (Alces alces L., 1758) antler from south-eastern Norway

• Published in: Fauna norvegica
• Main Authors: Grøndahl, Finn Audun, Hufthammer, Anne Karin, Dahl, Svein Olaf, Rosvold, Jørgen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), University Museum 2010
• Subjects: Mammalia; immigration; Norway; Fluberg; Alces alces
• Online Access: http://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/fauna_norvegica/article/view/629; https://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v30i0.629

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)...