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| Jim Gibb |
Our regular February meeting fell on Valentine's Day. Despite that fifteen people attended the next in the series of Bone Workshops given by Dr. James Gibb. This one was about how to distinguish pig bones from cow bones. Archaeologists frequently recover bones left over from past meals, and these bones can tell us something about the people at that site. Pigs require little care, but cows need to be tended.
Jim brought various bones of pigs and of cows with a couple of horse, sheep, and deer bones thrown in from a type collection that he has created over the years. And everyone had a chance to examine the bones. Now if we just remember them the next time we encounter bones in the archaeology lab.
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| Setting Up |
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| Examining Bones |
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| Learning about Bones |
Dr. James Gibb is the principal of Gibb Archaeological Consulting as well as a Smithsonian Research Associate. Jim is also one of the founding members of CCASM. And he has been studying bones since childhood.
Attendance: 15
