Lee Olsen Wrote:
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> Rick Baudé Wrote:
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> > You do that. Keep me up to date on what
> happens.
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> Well then, for those who care, like the Cerutti
> Team:
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> "Yes. Deméré and his colleagues are currently
> examining the stone tools from the site for
> protein residues. If they really were used to
> smash the mastodon bone, microscopic bits of
> mastodon likely would have been ground into the
> rocks’ nooks and crannies."
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> He should know if anyone, Brad claims to have been
> at the Cerutti dig.


Since you're so hyper-focused on bone residue, I loaded up some of my pictures for a paper that I'm working on bone breakage and how it relates to Cerutti. For those who think that they will find anything these pix. might be a sobering experience. That little bit of white is all the bone material left behind after smashing up a cow bone. I'm not saying they won't find anything I just think that it will be difficult. Knives and spears were covered in blood an flesh so it's not surprising to find protein residue on it. And anvil and a hammerstone just crush the bone and leave surprisingly little residue behind. It's currently being loaded up to the website so it may not be there but give it time.
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