MIDSECTION MAMMOTH
BONE FRAGMENT
BONE NO. 81-75
LANGE FERGUSON SITE
SOUTH DAKOTA
COPYRIGHT OCTOBER 31, 2012 PETER A. BOSTROM
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COLLECTION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL LABORATORY, CENTER FOR WESTERN STUDIES
AUGUSTANA COLLEGE

     This bone is a portion of a diaphyseal (midsection) of a mammoth long bone. Its main feature of interest is the wear-fracturing on one end (proximal end). Both edges of one end was altered by heavy pressure or "points of loading" that fractured away much of the bone. This bone measures 8 7/8 inches (22.5 cm) long and weighs 1.33 pounds (606.7 grams).

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