EXCAVATION OF MAMMOTH BONES
MAIN BONE CONCENTRATION AREA
LANGE FERGUSON SITE

SOUTH DAKOTA
COPYRIGHT OCTOBER 31, 2012 PETER A. BOSTROM
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    This picture was taken in 1980. It shows the main bone concentration area on the Lange Ferguson mammoth kill and butchering site. The bones of two mammoths, one adult and one juvenile, were found in the excavation.  The site is located in the White River Badlands of South Dakota. Clovis kill sites, although rare have been found across the United States. Most of these sites are reported from west of the Mississippi River.
PICTURE CREDIT, ARCHAEOLOGICAL LABORATORY, CENTER FOR WESTERN STUDIES
AUGUSTANA COLLEGE

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