PRINEVILLE, Ore. — Researchers at Eastern Oregon University are analyzing prehistoric bones that were unearthed in a gravel pit near Prineville by an employee of a company that mines for construction materials such as rock and sand.
The tusk, cranium and other bones likely belonged to a prehistoric mammoth or mastodon, The Bulletin reported on Friday, but it’s unclear why there aren’t more bones among the partially fossilized remains.
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