Thanks for the ru.wiki check! Maybe it was carried to the peat bog by meltwater. (Peat bogs are great for preservation.) 11,600 ya is the world-wide beginning

Thanks for the ru.wiki check! Maybe it was carried to the peat bog by meltwater. (Peat bogs are great for preservation.) 11,600 ya is the world-wide beginning of Holocene glacial retreat. If the dates are right it's amazing that this marks that time -and- is a spectacular cultural marker. Can't help but think of totem poles. The science has to be done right. Groundwater can contain 'aged carbon', low in C-14, derived from rocks through which it has passed. Things soaked in it can look -much- older than they are.