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  DAY 4

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more work on the jacket for the pelvis block
UCMP's Jenny McGuire and Randy Irmis continue to work on the jacket for the block containing the mammoth's pelvis. They've added some 2x4s to the jacket to strengthen it. © 2005 UCMP
clearing the area around the tusks and skull
Now they use picks and shovels to begin trenching around the block containing the tusks and partial skull. © 2005 UCMP
rib fragment
As they clear the area around the tusks and skull, Randy finds a partial rib fragment (about one foot long). © 2005 UCMP
more work with picks and shovels
With the rib fragment jacketed, the pick and shovel work continues. © 2005 UCMP
Jenny with a couple of smaller bones
Toward the end of the day, Jenny finds two more small bones, possibly from the foot of this mammoth. © 2005 UCMP

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