http://smithsonianscience.org/2011/06/bone-fragment-may-contain-only-known-ice-age-artwork-from-america-to-depict-a-proboscidean/ News about the Smithsonian’s research in the fields of anthropology, astrophysics, conservation biology, geology, materials science, paleontology, zoology, and global climate change. Mon, 19 Jan 2015 22:50:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 http://smithsonianscience.org/2011/06/bone-fragment-may-contain-only-known-ice-age-artwork-from-america-to-depict-a-proboscidean/#comment-18760 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:28:02 +0000 http://smithsonianscience.org/?p=12721#comment-18760 Wrong! There is a piece of artwork that was found in Delaware which depicts a mastodon dating back to at least the Clovis period, and it was discovered almost a hundred years ago.

]]> http://smithsonianscience.org/2011/06/bone-fragment-may-contain-only-known-ice-age-artwork-from-america-to-depict-a-proboscidean/#comment-14839 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:19:07 +0000 http://smithsonianscience.org/?p=12721#comment-14839 The trunk points through the tusks and down toward the right forelimb knee.

]]> http://smithsonianscience.org/2011/06/bone-fragment-may-contain-only-known-ice-age-artwork-from-america-to-depict-a-proboscidean/#comment-14626 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:51:09 +0000 http://smithsonianscience.org/?p=12721#comment-14626 I am trying to understand what I see in the drawing as some animal with a trunk, but it isn’t popping out for me. Could Smithsonian add a graphic that shows a clear drawing of the artifact, with either arrows to point out specifics, or some modifications of the drawing added in some way to help the reader see what the archeologists see?

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