Age and diet of the mummified Eskimos from Qilakitsoq
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7146/mog-ms.v12.146607Abstract
By means of C-14 measurements, six samples from the mummies found at Qilakitsoq have been dated to the period AD 1460-1510, with a mean close to AD 1470.
Combined C-13 and C-14 analyses of tissue from the four-year-old boy in Grave I suggest that 75 ± 7% of his diet consisted of marine food components, while the remaining 25 % were of terrestrial origin.
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1990-01-26
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