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Originally Posted by dsvick
Amazing!! How do find a 40,000 year old pinky bone in a cave and not think it is just a rock?!
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when you are excavating a suspected site, every bucket, every trowel full of dirt that is not readily identified is sifted through screens. the resulting detritus is then carefully handpicked over, and then often times they are tested when there is any doubt. bone is pretty distinctive in the archealogical digs. I've spent a couple of summers on digs