Bone from Level Bag Item Number: 12/15/1987 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Mammal bone fragments found in bag labeled "35-WL-4/B1, Cat# PV22, Bone frags - 31 in. level in cut bank in broken rock cluster. 10/20/55 GLC" According to Guy Marden (see p. 13 of his Draft report of Native American Indian Burials from the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, copy received at Burke 1995), cat.# 1987-12/15 is from site #35-WL-41. He recorded its contents as "7 bone fragments. A proximal humerus fragment may be from a human infant, however it has a fossa in its articulating surface." I believe he misread the site number on the label. It should be 35-WL-4 [35-WA-4]. Additionally, I believe the bones are not those of a human, but rather an artiodactyl. 07/21/1995, K. Smith. These bones were separated from the collections to verify that they were not human. Stephanie Jolivette, UW Archaeology Graduate Student, examined them on 6/22/2010 and confirmed that they were not human. Because they were separated from the collection, they were not identified at the time of the transfer to the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest in 2009. M. Noble 6/22/2010. This material will need to be deaccessioned and transferred to the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. M. Hotz 7/13/2010
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