Table 2. Context information and radiocarbon dating data for Angara/South Baikal canid remains.
Site/Specimen | Sample # | Context | 14C Lab # | Dated material | 14C age | +/− | Calibrated age BP(1 sigma) | % collagen yield | Culture history period | Citationfor context |
Shamanka II | E2008.175 | Primary burial; whole skeleton, within a human grave | Ox20561 | Vertebra | 6430 | 35 | 7420 to 7325 | 8.3 | Early Neolithic | [2] |
Lokomotiv wolf sample 1 | H2003.704 | Primary burial; whole skeleton,interred with disarticulatedhuman remains; human headwith articulated atlas, axis,and mandible betweenthe wolf’s legs | GIN8841a | Ribs and vertebrae | 7230 | 40 | 8150 to 7980 | * | Late Mesolithic/Early Neolithic | [2], [66] |
Lokomotiv wolf sample 2 | H2003.704 | TO11558 | Rib | 7320 | 70 | 8185 to 8030 | 2.7 | |||
Ust'-Belaia dog 1 | 2010-004 | Primary burial; whole skeleton,articulated; wearing a necklaceand buried with other faunalremains in pit 5, trench 2 | Ox23874 | Palatine | 5981 | 34 | 6880 to 6755 | 11.3 | Early/Middle Neolithic | [67], [68] |
Ust'-Belaia dog 2 | 2010-018 | Non-burial (?); whole skeleton, partially disarticulated, foundwithin a pit, square 49,trench 2, 140 cm | Ox23875 | Rib | 6213 | 33 | 7175 to 7020 | 10.6 | Early Neolithic | [67], [68] |
Ust'-Belaia dog 3 | 2010-022 | Non-burial (?); whole skeleton, partially disarticulated; trench 1,sq. 56, 75 cm; under hearth 2 | Ox23877 | Rib | 5596 | 34 | 6410 to 6320 | 4.4 | Middle Neolithic | [67], [68] |
Ust'-Belaia dog 4 | 2010-020 | Unknown provenience within site | Ox23876 | Rib | 5946 | 32 | 6845 to 6730 | 16.9 | Early/Middle Neolithic | |
Ust'-Khaita | 2010-002 | Non-burial; disarticulated partial skeleton in layer 9 | Ox23873 | Nasal | 10375 | 45 | 12380 to 12135 | 5.7 | Upper Paleolithic | [4] |
Pad' Kalashnikova pit 1 dog | 2010-024 | Primary burial with multiple artifacts; whole skeleton in pit 1 | Ox23910 | Rib | 6122 | 31 | 7150 to 6945 | 16.7 | Early Neolithic | [69] |
Pad' Kalashnikova pit 2 dog | 2010-026 | Primary burial; whole skeletonin pit 2 | Ox23911 | Rib | 6075 | 32 | 6980 to 6890 | 10.4 | Early Neolithic | [69] |
data not available.