Two CMC faculty share their experiences from the Snowmass Mastodon Discovery Site tonight
fossil she found — a rite of passage for every digger. Special to the Daily / Jim Campbell
It sounds a little odd, but it served as a rite of passage, and celebration, for the folks working on the Snowmass Mastodon Discovery Site last summer, where the bones of mastodons, mammoths and other species were found: Diggers drank the water stored inside their first fossils uncovered.
“As you can imagine, the bones had been buried in soil, so it was a little gritty,” said Sandy Jackson, anthropology, archaeology and sustainability adjunct professor at Colorado Mountain College.
Jackson, along with her husband, Jim Campbell, a former professor at CMC, had the honor of working on the dig for one week last year, a once-in-a-lifetime experience they will share with the public tonight through a presentation at the college. They will show pictures and give an overview click for full article