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Radiocarbon Dating of Whale Bones from the 17th Century Whaling Sites at Gashamna, Hornsund, South Spitsbergen.

Birkenmajer K., Olsson U.

Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Earth Sciences

1998

Vol. 46, nr 2

109-132

Two well-preserved whale bones, probably belonging to Finnback Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) where collected near remnants of an early 17th century Dutch/English whaling station at Gashamna, Hornsund, south Spitsbergen. They yielded three radiocarbon ages of 620+65 yrs B.P. and 670+75 and 675+80 years B.P. Corrections for the reservoir age of seawater, based on the ages of living marine shells, were applied to obtain a historical age of the bones (A.D):-350 yrs;-400 yrs; and -440 yrs. A result best fitting the age of the Main Whaling Period in Spitsbergen (1610-1640) was obtained with the application of the lowest figures (-350;-400). lt is suggested that the lowest figures (-350) should probably be applied for certain periods to radiocarbon-dated bones of global-range whales, such at the Finnback Whale which during their life repeatedly travel from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back.