Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 14:27
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Early Human Settlement in Arctic Alaska 2011

Hi this is Dominick Chaissan from St. Marks school, i have two questions. my first question is It took two days to find the bone right, how long does it usually take to find a bone. My other question is what was the biggest bone you've ever found or seen???

Fri, 08/12/2011 - 08:22

Susy Ellison

hi dominick-actually, it took 12 days to get to that bone--it was at the bottom of the last section that was excavated. this is the first large bone that has been found at that site. since there weren't any artifacts (stone tools or chert flakes) found in the dirt near the bone, it is more of a paleontological (old bones) sort of find than an archaeological (people) sort of find. apparently, there were a lot of horses in that area at one time. it will be interesting to find out just how old that bone is.
susy