Hm, so it’s a cascade of bones, flowing down a staircase. Some strange Mesoamerican thing? Wait, the photo credits say:
“Cover art is from First People in a New World: Colonizing Ice Age America by David J. Meltzer.”
Ice age? Okay, so pre-architecture, probably megafaunal…yes, those are pedestalled bones. Were they once in a pit or were they in a pile? Who knows, because now they’re on a staircase made by archaeologists.
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Dr. Colleen Morgan (ORCID 0000-0001-6907-5535) is the Lecturer in Digital Archaeology and Heritage in the Department of Archaeology at the University of York. She conducts research on digital media and archaeology, with a special focus on embodiment, avatars, genetics and bioarchaeology. She is interested in building archaeological narratives with emerging technology, including photography, video, mobile and locative devices. Through archaeological making she explores past lifeways and our current understanding of heritage, especially regarding issues of authority, authenticity, and identity.
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It’s a dragon!
i’m guessing that’s a picture from the 50s or 60s.
Do a lit/web search for Olsen-Chubbuck.