U of L Archaeological Find 2nd Most Interesting Discovery of 2015
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LETHBRIDGE: An associate professor at the University of Lethbridge is finally being recognized for an archaeological discovery thousands of years in the making.
Dr. Shawn Bubel’s decade worth of work on a 2,500 year old bison kill site north of the Montana border was the second most interesting story of 2015 according to scientific website Western Digs.
In addition to the scattered remains of over 60 bison, Bubel’s crew found more than a hundred stone points, most of them fashioned from a type of rock found only in North Dakota, a thousand kilometers away.
Beneath the initial layer of animal fragments and tools, even more rare finds were discovered: eight arrangements of bison bones found standing on end, perched in precise, almost sculptural patterns.
