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Reevaluation of an Implement of “Elephant Bone” from Manitoba

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

A. P. Buchner  and
L. J. Roberts
A. P. Buchner
Affiliation:
Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Recreation, 3rd Floor, 177 Lombard Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaR3B 0W5
L. J. Roberts
Affiliation:
15135 Victoria Ave., White Rock, British Columbia, CanadaV4B 1G5
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Abstract

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) dating and faunal analysis have served to reidentify an implement, fashioned from what was believed to be a proboscidean fibula, as a cranium and antler section of a modern moose. This reconciles the discrepancy between the generally accepted date for the extinction of mammoths and mastodons (before 10,000 years ago) with the recession of glacial Lake Agassiz from the site after 8,000 years ago.

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Résumé

Fechas derivadas por Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) y análises de fauna han servido para reidentificar e implementar modelos de lo que se creía ser fíbula proboscidia como sección de cráneo y cuerno de alee actualo moderno. Esto reconcilia la discrepancia entre la fecha de extinción aceptada generalmente para los mamuts y mastodontes (antes de hace 10.000 años) con la retirada glacial del lago Agassiz del sitio despues de hace 8.000 años.

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American Antiquity , Volume 55 , Issue 3 , July 1990 , pp. 605 - 607
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1990 

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