FLAKED MAMMOTH BONE
LANGE/FERGUSON SITE--S.D.
Archaeology Laboratory, Center For Western Studies,

Augustana College

  One of the most important finds at Lange/Ferguson are the fractured bones. Some were fractured in a way that could only have been done by humans. Many bone beds show various fractures but most can be attributed to natural effects such as predators or large animals walking on them. This picture shows a large flake and a fragment of the mammoths tibia leg bone from which it was removed. The bone "core" was struck from the end to remove this flake. The only logical way this fracturing process can occur is with human interaction.