Fossil bones from the North Sea: radiocarbon and stable isotope (13C/15N) data
van der Plicht, J.; Kuitems, M. (2022). Fossil bones from the North Sea: radiocarbon and stable isotope (13C/15N) data. Radiocarbon 64(3): 633-668. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/rdc.2022.9
In: Radiocarbon. UNIV ARIZONA DEPT GEOSCIENCES: New Haven,. ISSN 0033-8222; e-ISSN 1945-5755, more
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fossil bones; Holocene; Late Pleistocene; North Sea; radiocarbon; stable isotopes 13C/15N |
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- van der Plicht, J.
- Kuitems, M.
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The North Sea is considered a unique heritage site that yielded a huge amount of zoological and archaeological data. More than 200 palaeozoological and archaeological fossil bone samples from the North Sea bed are dated by 14C. About 2/3 of these dated bones are Pleistocene in age; the majority of the bones are from extinct species (in particular woolly mammoth); about 1/3 of the sample date to the Holocene. The presented dataset is important in its kind, but interpretation is limited because of a lack of context of the finds. The stable isotopes (13C, 15N) of the dated samples provide additional information on palaeoenvironmental conditions and dietary habits in the past. We present primarily a Groningen list of data; a few fossils dated in other laboratories are included for completeness. |
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