Widely different radiocarbon dates are obtained from the same frozen
mammoths. Different parts of the Vollosovitch mammoth date to 29,500 and
44,000 years before present (BP). One part of Dima, a frozen baby mammoth,
was 40,000, another part 26,000, and wood immediately around it was
9-10,000 BP. Two parts of the Fairbanks Creek mammoth date to 15,380 and
21,300 BP.
The dates come from different mammoths. The reference cited by Brown
and cribbed by Hovind likely refers only to a Fairbanks mammoth, which
Brown also mentions (Péwé 1975, 30). The 15,380 and
21,300 BP dates come from separate mammoths, and it is noted that the
21,300 date is invalid because it comes from a hide soaked in glycerin.
It is uncertain what is Brown's source for the 29,500 and 44,000 dates.
Ukraintseva (1993) reviews the Kirgilyakh mammoth, also known as Dima,
and cites three dates obtained for it. All are around 40,000 years
before present. Dates for deposits surrounding the mammoth are
consistent with dates for the mammoth.
References:
Péwé, Troy L., 1975. Quaternary stratigraphic
nomenclature in unglaciated Central Alaska. U. S. Geological Survey
Professional Paper 862.
Ukraintseva, V. V., 1993. Vegetation Cover and Environment
of the "Mammoth Epoch" in Siberia. Hot Springs, SD: Mammoth Site of
Hot Springs of South Dakota.
