Lorelei Crerar

Lorelei Crerar

Feb 24, 2016

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Thank you to all!

I am so overwhelmed by all of the support for this project. Thank you SO much to all who have donated. This is interesting research, so I hope to have something good out of this second batch of samples as well. Of course, one of my favorite supporters will need to cut up some bone for me! That is almost more painful than his support since the bone smells a bit like a bad dental filling when it is being cut! Again, thanks to all!!

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About This Project

Sale of material from marine mammals is generally prohibited. Many bone samples from St. Lawrence Island are sold as Steller’s sea cow, an animal driven to extinction by 1768.The sale of these bones is not prohibited. By using radiocarbon dating and stable isotope analysis it is hoped to determine population size, the timing of the collapse and the identity of the bones. Stable isotope analysis can be used to distinguish carnivores from herbivores and marine animals from terrestrial.

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