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New data and synthesis of ΔR estimates from the northern Pacific Ocean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2020

Bulat F. Khasanov Open the ORCID record for Bulat F. Khasanov [Opens in a new window] ,
Ben Fitzhugh ,
Toshio Nakamura ,
Mitsuru Okuno ,
Virginia Hatfield ,
Olga A. Krylovich ,
Dmitry Vasyukov ,
Dixie L. West ,
Ekaterina Zendler  and
Arkady B. Savinetsky
Bulat F. Khasanov*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Historical Ecology, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS, 119071 Moscow, Russia
Ben Fitzhugh
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-3100, USA
Toshio Nakamura
Affiliation:
Center for Chronological Research, Nagoya University, 464-8602 Nagoya, Japan
Mitsuru Okuno
Affiliation:
Department of Earth System Science, Faculty of Science, and AIG Collaborative Research Institute for International Study on Eruptive History and Informatics, Fukuoka University, 814-0180 Fukuoka, Japan
Virginia Hatfield
Affiliation:
Museum of the Aleutians, Unalaska, Alaska 99685, USA
Olga A. Krylovich
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Historical Ecology, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS, 119071 Moscow, Russia
Dmitry Vasyukov
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Historical Ecology, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS, 119071 Moscow, Russia
Dixie L. West
Affiliation:
Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
Ekaterina Zendler
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Historical Ecology, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS, 119071 Moscow, Russia
Arkady B. Savinetsky
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Historical Ecology, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS, 119071 Moscow, Russia
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*Corresponding author at: Laboratory of Historical Ecology, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS, Leninsky Prospekt, 33, 119071Moscow, Russia. E-mail address: bulatfk@gmail.com (B.F. Khasanov).
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Abstract

We present new data on regional correction factor (ΔR) conducted for Chukotka, the Commander Islands, and the western Aleutian Islands and summarize data previously published for the other parts of the region. Paired radiocarbon dates of coeval marine and terrestrial materials from the archaeological site Kaniskak were obtained in Chukotka, and one such pair was analyzed from Shemya Island (western Aleutians). Three samples of sea otter (Enhydra lutris) bones of known collection date were used for the Commander Islands. In conjunction with previously published data, the new results showed that ΔR estimates conducted for the five regions of the northern Pacific do not differ statistically. ΔR assessments combined for archaeological sites resulted in probability density curves of the same shape as that of marine organisms. Comparison of ΔR estimates made with various species of marine animals showed that sea otters and small fishes residing within coastal waters throughout their life histories are better suited for ΔR measurements than migrating seals, on the one hand, and the shells of sedentary organisms, on the other. The study provides additional support to the hypothesis that the northern Pacific is characterized by the same reservoir offset, which we estimate as 525 ± 75 yr.

Keywords

Reservoir effectApparent ageMarine age offsetRadiocarbon datingBering Sea
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Quaternary Research , Volume 108: PESAS , July 2022 , pp. 150 - 160
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Copyright © University of Washington. Published by Cambridge University Press, 2020

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