Dissection of Elephant with Bone Tools

Summary

Dennis Stanford (left) of the National Museum of Natural History, and Richard Morlan of the National Museum of Man, Ottawa, Canada, remove a thigh bone from the carcass of an elephant using replicas of tools made from ancient mammoth bone. This was part of an experiment to determine if prehistoric hunters could use tools made from bones for hunting and butchering animals.

Subject

• Stanford, Dennis J
• Morlan, Richard E
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
• Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs
• National Museum of Man (Canada)

Notes

• Also known as 94-8337.
• Featured in the "Torch," July 1978.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 02, Folder: July 1978, Image No. 78-15686

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

1978

Restrictions & Rights

• No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
• No Copyright - United States

Topic

• Archaeology
• Animals
• Tools, Prehistoric
• Hunting, Prehistoric
• Elephants

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA RU000371 [78-15686]

Physical description

Gelatin silver prints; 10 x 8;

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