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Radiocarbon Dating Evidence for Mammoths on Wrangel Island, Arctic Ocean, Until 2000 BC1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

S. L. Vartanyan ,
Kh. A. Arslanov ,
T. V. Tertychnaya  and
S. B. Chernov
S. L. Vartanyan
Affiliation:
Wrangel Island State Reserve, 686870 Ushakovskoye, Magadan Region, Russia
Kh. A. Arslanov
Affiliation:
Geographical Research Institute, St. Petersburg State University, Sredniy Prospect 41 199004 St. Petersburg, Russia
T. V. Tertychnaya
Affiliation:
Geographical Research Institute, St. Petersburg State University, Sredniy Prospect 41 199004 St. Petersburg, Russia
S. B. Chernov
Affiliation:
Geographical Research Institute, St. Petersburg State University, Sredniy Prospect 41 199004 St. Petersburg, Russia
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Radiocarbon dating results of mammoth tusks, teeth and bones collected on Wrangel Island between 1989 and 1991 reveal a unique mammoth refugium during the Holocene. We used an improved chemical procedure to obtain and purify collagen from bone. Benzene synthesized from the samples was measured using a liquid scintillation counter. The validity of our data has been confirmed by the results of our measurements on two international control sample series (IAEA and TIRI) and by parallel measurements of Wrangel Island mammoth remains at other laboratories.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , 1995 , pp. 1 - 6
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