SPRING PNWAS
Thursday, April 16th, 2026
Terminal Pleistocene Bison and
Sloth from Vancouver Island
By Morley Eldridge
Millennia Research Limited
Thursday, April 16th, 2026
Terminal Pleistocene Bison and
Sloth from Vancouver Island
By Morley Eldridge
Millennia Research Limited
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PNWAS ZOOM Meeting
Thursday April 16th 2026
starting at 6:30 PM
To join the ZOOM Meeting and see the presentation
please become a member today!
Thursday April 16th 2026
starting at 6:30 PM
To join the ZOOM Meeting and see the presentation
please become a member today!
In line with our theme of the Chehalis River Hypothesis and Squaxin Museum Mammoth exhibit (see in PNWAS Newsbulletin 174 here), we will have a talk by archaeologist Morley Eldridge, Victoria, B.C. on recent megafauna finds on southern Vancouver Island. They have found Bison antiquus (see below) bones with distinct butchering cut marks.
Cut marks found on Bison antiquus bones recently recovered
from southern Vancouver Island.
We are finding more evidence of peoples moving down the glaciated coast using the abundant megafauna they encountered. These Victoria, B.C., finds are right across from the Manis Mastodon site in Sequim where they found a bone spear point in a rib (10,800 years old; we are working on getting a loan of this rib and bone point for our Squaxin Museum Mammoth exhibit)!
