"The 'Council' grouped together, prehistoric ivory 'Human forms' or 'Dolls' from permafrost...'Alaska'

"Venus" " Earliest sculpture forms discovered "

"Venus" "The earliest known sculpture example in Human history." "Upwards of forty thousand years in age this 'Goddess' challenges us all in her story" "Reproductions in 'Woolly Mammoth Ivory and Bone in progress February 2010 to April 2010." 'Example of a six inch 'Venus' of Ancient Mammoth Bone illustrated.'

"Fairbanks Alaska" A walk in the country sometimes produces a moose antler lying in the leaves and in June the new sap on cottonwoods and spring thaw is always a refreshing experience. At one point I spotted something 'bone' colored in the foliage and to my surprise not an antler but a winter killed grizzly...

Immature Cow Woolly Mammoth tusk discovered in the river. Being the same color of the gravel and partially exposed, it was difficult to view. As I was entering the river from this position, a young grizzly bear burst out from the bush crossing the river and ran directly towards me. Not taking any notice of me, he then dove on a salmon and ran down the entire length of the gravel bar only to run back, again, towards me. He stopped a few feet away, slowly looked at me then crossed the river and returned to the bush whence he came. An eventful day...

Photo by helicopter south of Kotzebue towards Choris Peninsula viewing the right (west) side facing Escholtz Bay. The eroded bluffs are an example of glacial silt deposits laid down by Arctic winds ten thousand years ago. They are rich in fossil content and are frequently deposited on the beach or exposed on the bluff face.

Photo by Helicopter August 2009 flying south from Kotzebue towards Choris Peninsula then across to Deering village to the southwest. The eroded land mass in the photo is exposing Pleistocene fauna includeing Woolly Mammoth fossils.