Giant Elk Skeleton and Barbed Hunting Point, Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, 7.1.18.Discover
Giant Elk Skeleton and Barbed Hunting Point, Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, 7.1.18.Discovered following the demolition of a bungalow near Blackpool in 1970, this Giant Elk skeleton lived around 10,000 years ago. The barbed point was found in one of its rib bones and clearly the body had not been obtained for food or other resources. The penultimate image is of the damaged rib bone. -- source link
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