Reconstructing caribou seasonal biogeography in Little Ice Age (late Holocene) Western Alaska using intra-tooth strontium and oxygen isotope analysis

Acknowledgements This work was funded by an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AH/K006029/1) grant awarded to Rick Knecht, Kate Britton and Charlotta Hillerdal (Aberdeen). The onsite collection of samples was carried out by staff and students from the University of Aberdeen, volunteer excavators...

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Published in:Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
Main Authors: Gigleux, Ciara Ann, Grimes, Vaughan, Tütken, Thomas, Knecht, Richard, Britton, Kate
Other Authors: University of Aberdeen.Geosciences, University of Aberdeen.Archaeology
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2019
Subjects:
SDG 13 - Climate Action
isotopes
enamel
rangifer
migration
ecology
climate
ENAMEL MINERALIZATION
HUNTING STRATEGIES
SHEEP HUSBANDRY
CLIMATE-CHANGE
BIRTH SEASONALITY
BIOLOGICALLY AVAILABLE STRONTIUM
STABLE-ISOTOPE
BONE PHOSPHATE
LATE PLEISTOCENE
RANGIFER-TARANDUS-CARIBOU
CC Archaeology
Archaeology
Arts &amp
Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
AH/K006029/1
CC
Rangifer tarandus
Alaska
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2164/13561
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.10.043
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85035084003&partnerID=8YFLogxK
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Summary:Acknowledgements This work was funded by an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AH/K006029/1) grant awarded to Rick Knecht, Kate Britton and Charlotta Hillerdal (Aberdeen). The onsite collection of samples was carried out by staff and students from the University of Aberdeen, volunteer excavators and the residents of Quinhagak. We also thank the Qanirtuuq Incorporated, Quinhagak, Alaska, and the people of Quinhagak for logistical and planning support for fieldwork and sampling permissions. Special thanks for Warren Jones and Qanirtuuq Incorporated (especially Michael Smith and Lynn Church), and to all Nunalleq project team members, particularly Edouard Masson-MacLean and Paul Ledger (Aberdeen). Thanks also to Alison Harris (Stockholm/York), Rebecca Lam and Sherri Strong (Memorial University) and Michael Maus (Johannes-Gutenberg Universität, Mainz) for methodological and technical assistance. Thank you to Dominic Demma (Alaska Department of Fish and Game) for providing information on the Mulchatna herd, to Edouard Masson-MacLean for comments on an earlier draft of this manuscript, and to the guest editors for inviting us to contribute to this special issue. Finally, the authors would like to thank the reviewers for their valuable and constructive comments on this manuscript. Peer reviewed

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