EXAMINATION OF SEDIMENT TO RECOVER BONE FOR RADIOCARBON ANALYSIS FROM A HIGH SHORE LINE OF GLACIAL LAKE GREAT FALLS, MONTANA

Summary

Sediments collected from a high shore line of Glacial Lake Great Falls at an elevation of

3860 feet were processed to separate bones to submit for identification and radiocarbon analysis

(Table 1). This area is near the modern Missouri River. The Pleistocene lake silts, overlain by

Pleistocene shore lines, contained bone representing animals that lived along the shore of this lake

during the Pleistocene era. These lacustrine sediments contained several bone fragments, many

of which appear to represent rodents. The bones were separated into various types (Table 2) to

facilitate identification prior to submission for radiocarbon analysis.

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