The Late Wisconsinan and Holocene Record of Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) from North America: A Review with New Data from Arctic and Atlantic Canada

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Dyke, Arthur S., Hooper, James, Harington, C. Richard, Savelle, James M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1999
• Subjects: Pleistocene and Holocene fossil walrus; sea ice; deglaciation; climate change; archaeological faunas; morse fossile du pléistocène et de l’holocène; glace marine; déglaciation; changement climatique; faunes archéologiques; Arctic; Baleine; British Columbia; Canada; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Indian; la Baleine; Morse; Pacific; Arctic Archipelago; Arctique*; baleine boréale; bowhead whale; Climate change; Odobenus rosmarus; Sea ice; Subarctic; subarctique*; morse; walrus*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63976

The Late Wisconsinan and Holocene record of the Atlantic walrus is known from numerous collections of bones and tusks from Arctic Canada and south to North Carolina, as well as from many archaeological sites in the Arctic and Subarctic. In contrast, the Pacific walrus has no dated Late Wisconsinan o...