[BCMA] Megafauna in Collections

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

Hello Laura
Sorry for the tardy reply.
The Princeton and District Museum and Archives has within its collection a
Mastadon Tusk, about 3 feet in length, from the Naniamo area.
Hope that helps.

*Terry Malanchuk*

*Operations Manager-Princeton and District Museum and Archives*

*PO Box 281, 167 Vermilion Ave., Princeton B.C. Canada V0X 1W0*

princetonmuseum at gmail.com

*princetonmuseum.org <http://princetonmuseum.org>  250-295-7588  cell:
250-293-6760*

On Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 2:26 PM Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. <
bcma at lists.vifa.ca> wrote:

> Hello all,
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> Does your museum have ice age animal bones, teeth, or tusks in its
> collection? If so, the *British Columbia* *Megafauna Project* wants to
> hear from you!
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> We are sampling *ice age* animals found in British Columbia. These may
> include: *mammoth, mastodon, short-faced bear, yesterday’s camel, steppe
> bison, elk, caribou, horse, ground sloth, scimitar-toothed cat, mountain
> goat, flat-headed peccary, grey wolf, dire wolf, giant beaver, arctic
> ground squirrel etc.* These animals can hide in collections. For example,
> we have seen mammoth remains accessioned as ‘elephant’, ‘ivory’ and
> ‘Proboscidean’.
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> If you are lucky enough to house an ice age animal, we will need to know
> where the samples of bones, teeth, tusks were found, to within ~100 km.
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> Based at Simon Fraser University, we are a research group looking to
> partner with museums to help enhance collection information by radiocarbon
> dating and conducting isotope analysis to better understand the Late
> Pleistocene in British Columbia.
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> Our goal is to know when these animals lived (from *radiocarbon dating*),
> information on their health and age (from the bones), composition of their
> diet, and how and where they moved across ice age British Columbia (using *isotope
> analysis*).
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> Perhaps results from these hidden gems in your collection will help create
> exciting new exhibits. All results will be shared with participants, and
> participants will be gratefully acknowledged in SFU Megafauna Project PhD
> research.
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> Check out our website to find updates, and to see which museums are
> already involved in the Megafauna Project
> https://www.sfu.ca/megafauna.html
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> For questions, more information, or to discuss collection specimens,
> please contact me, laura_termes at sfu.ca, or the SFU Archaeology Isotope
> Laboratory at 778-782-5045.
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> Thank you,
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> Laura
>
> *Laura Termes*
> PhD Student
>
> Department of Archaeology
> Simon Fraser University
>
> laura_termes at sfu.ca
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> https://www.sfu.ca/megafauna.html
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