First radiocarbon dates on woolly mammoth (<I>Mammuthus primigenius</I>) from northern Germany Export

@article{citeulike:6032273, abstract = {A major gap in the radiocarbon chronology of woolly mammoth in Europe results from an absence of dated records from the Late Weichselian moraine regions of the Northern European Lowlands. In the past many fossil mammoth remains were discovered in the province of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in northeastern Germany. Seven finds, which were well preserved, were radiocarbon dated by accelerator mass spectrometry. The dates, ranging from 44.8 to 23.9 14C ka BP (50-28 cal. ka BP), can be correlated with Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 3 of the late Quaternary, and indicate that mammoth was able to colonise this region during a period of rapid environmental changes. The new radiocarbon evidence fits well into the known colonisation pattern of woolly mammoth and shows a continuous distribution in the Late Weichselian moraine areas of northern Germany before the expansion of the Scandinavian ice sheet. Copyright {\copyright} 2009 John Wiley \& Sons, Ltd.}, address = {Ecology Centre, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany; German Archaeological Institute, Berlin, Germany}, author = {Sommer, Robert S. and Benecke, Norbert}, citeulike-article-id = {6032273}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1343}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/122664999/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1002/jqs.1343}, issn = {1099-1417}, journal = {Journal of Quaternary Science}, keywords = {200910, allemagne, datation, extinction, mammouth, radiocarbone}, number = {9999}, pages = {n/a+}, posted-at = {2009-10-29 14:11:12}, priority = {2}, title = {First radiocarbon dates on woolly mammoth (<I>Mammuthus primigenius</I>) from northern Germany}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1343}, volume = {9999}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6032273 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6032273 N2 - A major gap in the radiocarbon chronology of woolly mammoth in Europe results from an absence of dated records from the Late Weichselian moraine regions of the Northern European Lowlands. In the past many fossil mammoth remains were discovered in the province of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in northeastern Germany. Seven finds, which were well preserved, were radiocarbon dated by accelerator mass spectrometry. The dates, ranging from 44.8 to 23.9 14C ka BP (50-28 cal. ka BP), can be correlated with Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 3 of the late Quaternary, and indicate that mammoth was able to colonise this region during a period of rapid environmental changes. The new radiocarbon evidence fits well into the known colonisation pattern of woolly mammoth and shows a continuous distribution in the Late Weichselian moraine areas of northern Germany before the expansion of the Scandinavian ice sheet. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. IS - 9999 JF - Journal of Quaternary Science SN - 1099-1417 AD - Ecology Centre, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany; German Archaeological Institute, Berlin, Germany TI - First radiocarbon dates on woolly mammoth (<I>Mammuthus primigenius</I>) from northern Germany VL - 9999 SP - n/a KW - 200910 KW - allemagne KW - datation KW - extinction KW - mammouth KW - radiocarbone AU - Sommer, Robert AU - Benecke, Norbert PY - 2009/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1343 ER -