Margaret Bay: Holocene, Alaska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Pinnipedia indet.
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Cetacea indet.
Brisson 1762
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Delphinidae
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Orcinus orca
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Davis 2001 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Phocoenidae
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Phocoena phocoena
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Davis 2001 | ||||||
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Phocoena dalli
True 1885
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Monodontidae
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Delphinapterus leucas
(Pallas 1776)
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Davis 2001 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Phoca vitulina
Linnaeus 1758
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Davis 2001 | ||||||
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Pusa hispida
(Schreber 1775)
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Davis 2001 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Odobenidae
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Odobenus rosmarus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Otariidae
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Eumetopias jubatus
(Schreber 1776)
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Davis 2001 | ||||||
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Callorhinus ursinus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Enhydra lutris
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus maritimus
Phipps 1774
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Davis 2001 | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alaska |
| Coordinates: | 53.9° North, 166.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 53.9° North, 166.5° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.0117 - 0 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 4500 to 3500 YBP (14C (calibrated)) |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | archaeological analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UNL 48 | ||
| Database number: | 175943 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | C. Peredo, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-01-20 08:09:25 | Last modified: | 2024-09-09 10:18:04 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-01-20 08:09:25 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 89370. | A. M. Traffichini. 2019. Reconstruction of Northeastern Pacific Ocean Holocene Production Using Marine Mammal Archaeofauna. 102 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 81667 | S. J. Crockford. 2022. Polar Bear Fossil and Archaeological Records from the Pleistocene and Holocene in Relation to Sea Ice Extent and Open Water Polynyas. Openquaternary 8(7):1-26 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 57684 | B. L. Davis. 2001. Sea mammal hunting and the Neoglacial: An archaeofaunal study of environmental change and subsistence technology at Margaret Bay, Unalaska. In D. E. Dumond (ed.), Archaeology in the Aleut zone of Alaska: Some recent research [M. Uhen/C. Peredo] |