The SJ Mammoth in the Media
Exposed bones, site location map, mapping of bone positions
Select portions of a graphic put together by Phil Loubere and Doug Griswold of the San Jose Mercury News. The top left photo indicates the positions of the few bones exposed at the time of discovery, with tentative identifications. The map shows the location of the site and the drawing at the bottom depicts a couple steps in the excavation procedure. © 2005 San Jose Mercury News.
 

A big "thank you" to the San Jose Mercury News, who graciously “loaned” us these images for this website. Click on any photo for an enlarged view.

The bones as they were found
7/12/05 – The mammoth bones, as they were found. Compare with the black & white photo with the outlined bones at left. © 2005 San Jose Mercury News/photo by Joanne Ho-Young Lee.
 

Shoulder or pelvic bones
7/12/05 – These partially buried bones may be from either the shoulder or pelvic region. © 2005 San Jose Mercury News/photo by Joanne Ho-Young Lee.
 

Limb bone
7/12/05 – What is probably a large limb bone lies not far from the shoulder/pelvic bones. © 2005 San Jose Mercury News/photo by Joanne Ho-Young Lee.
 
Limb bone
7/12/05 – Photographers gather round to get some good photos of the bones. © 2005 San Jose Mercury News/photo by Joanne Ho-Young Lee.
 
Al Gurevich admires the limb bone
7/12/05 – Al Gurevich, of the Santa Clara Valley Water District, admires the limb bone. © 2005 San Jose Mercury News/photo by Joanne Ho-Young Lee.
 
Limb bone
7/12/05 – Gurevich measures the exposed portion of the limb bone. © 2005 San Jose Mercury News/photo by Joanne Ho-Young Lee.
 
Limb bone
7/12/05 – Roger Castillo, discoverer of the mammoth bones. Note the caution-tape barrier that has now been erected to keep the inquisitive from trampling the bones. © 2005 San Jose Mercury News/photo by Joanne Ho-Young Lee.
 
Mark Goodwin brushing away sand
7/13/05 – Mark Goodwin, assistant director of UCMP, spots some new bone and brushes away the sand to see its true size. © 2005 San Jose Mercury News/photo by Pauline Lubens.
 
A bone fragment
7/13/05 – The bone proves to be a small fragment, possibly from the nearby limb bone. © 2005 San Jose Mercury News/photo by Pauline Lubens.
 
Fragment and limb reunited
7/13/05 – The fragment and the limb, reunited. © 2005 San Jose Mercury News/photo by Pauline Lubens.
 

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