Mammoth!

At school right now I'm helping with excavation of mammoth bones that were block lifted from a site in Northern California.  They were lifted from the ground in a chunk of soil and brought back to our lab so that we could figure out the best way to excavate them, and practice our block-lifting techniques.

Preparing the plaster cast around the bones to secure them.

 
Excavating slowly through the clay with a scalpel.

More to come soon!

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