An early Holocene caribou antler from northern Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago |
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| Authors: | THOMAS G STEWART JOHN ENGLAND |
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| Institution: | Department of Geology, Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, Illinois 60115, U.S.A.;Department of Geography, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H4, Canada;6th November, 1984 |
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| Abstract: | During the last glaciation of northern Ellesmere Island many areas remained ice-free. A caribou antler from deglacial-marine sediments in Clements Markham Inlet dates 8,415 ± 135 B.P. (S-2501). If locally derived it places caribou at the northern limit of their contemporary range at the onset of deglaciation in this area. Immediately to the south, on the Hazen Plateau, ice remained at its limit until c . 8,000 B.P. Therefore, this antler may indicate the presence of caribou during full glacial time. |
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