The highest element (bone) excavated from bone pile

number 2 was a mammoth skull. This skull had previously

been exposed by reservoir construction several years earlier.
   Twenty two artifacts were found in this bone pile, including

the 18 resharpening flakes. A granite water worn rock

(boulder) had been split to make a chopper. The edge of this

tool indicated heavy use wear, possibly during the butchering

process. A sandstone abrader was also found beneath the bone

pile and it has use wear from pecking and use striations on both

faces. In addition, two bone fragments may have been used as

tools because of some polish or use wear on them. The poor

bone preservation made close study of any bone tools

difficult if not impossible to do. As soon as the bones were

exposed to the air they had to be treated with water mixed

with glue to stabilized them. Otherwise they would begin to

disintegrate.