Kuukpak: Holocene, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Stercoraiinae sp.
Stenodus nelma
Coregoninae sp.
Myoxocephalus quadricornis
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes lagopus (Linnaeus 1758)
Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus 1758)
Canis familiaris Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Phoca hispida Schreber 1775
Erignathus barbatus (Erxleben 1777)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Martes martes (Linnaeus 1758)
Gulo gulo (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae
Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Cetacea - Monodontidae
Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas 1776)
Mammalia - Cervidae
Alces alces (Linnaeus 1758)
Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus americanus Erxleben 1777
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Lemmus sp. Link 1795
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798
Microtus oeconomus (Pallas 1776)
Ondatra zibethicus (Linnaeus 1766)
Dicrostonyx sp. Gloger 1841
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Urocitellus parryii (Richardson 1825)
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Tetraoninae sp. (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Tetraonidae
Lagopus lagopus (Linnaeus 1758)
Lagopus muta (Montin 1781)
Tympanuchus phasianellus (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Laridae
Laridae sp. Vigors 1825
Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus 1767
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Phalaropus sp. Brisson 1760
Numenius sp. Brisson 1760
Reptilia - Gaviidae
Gavia arctica (Linnaeus 1758)
Gavia immer (Brunnich 1764)
Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan 1763)
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anatidae sp. Vigors 1825
Anserini sp. Vigors 1825
Branta canadensis (Linnaeus 1758)
Anser caerulescens (Linnaeus 1758)
Cygnus columbianus (Ord 1815)
Cygnus buccinator Richardson 1832
Melanitta nigra (Linnaeus 1758)
Clangula hyernalis
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Corvidae
Perisoreus canadensis (Linnaeus 1766)
Coregonidae
Coregonus autumnalis
Coregonus sardinella
Coregonus nasus
Coregonus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Coregonus clupeaformis (Mitchill 1818)
Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Clupea pallasii Valenciennes 1847
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Catostomidae
Catostomus catostomus (Forster 1773)
Actinopteri - Esociformes - Esocidae
Esox lucius
Actinopteri - Salmoniformes - Salmonidae
Salmonidae sp. Cuvier 1816
Salvelinus alpinus
Salvelinus sp. Richardson 1836
Salvelinus namaycush (Walbaum 1792)
Actinopteri - Gadiformes
Lota lota
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Northwest Territories
Coordinates: 69.3° North, 133.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:69.3° North, 133.9° West
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Holocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Holocene
Age range of interval:0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:archaeological analysis
Metadata
Database number:228921
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:N. Kahane
Modifier:B. Allen
Created:2023-01-20 15:40:23 Last modified:2023-07-21 08:07:18
Access level:the public Released:2023-01-20 15:40:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
83735. M. W. Betts and T. M. Friesen. 2006. Declining foraging returns from an inexhaustible resource? Abundance indices and beluga whaling in the western Canadian Arctic. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 25:59-81 [M. Uhen/N. Kahane]

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]