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Des Moines Register 04-01-06 Bones at ISU site will be examined LISA LIVERMORE REGISTER AMES BUREAU Ames, Ia. — Iowa State University officials have reversed their decision on the value of the animal bones found on campus last week, saying instead that the remains have historical value and will be open to anthropologists for a nine-daylong dig. On March 24, Dean McCormick, assistant director of facilities for design and construction services, said the animal bones that were found on the south side of the Memorial Union during a construction expansion project had no historical significance. McCormick said Friday that opinions started to differ last week as word got out about the discovery. "We were sorting through the opinions we heard." Now, he said, "We think there's merit to doing some exploration." On Friday, ISU's office of media relations issued a news release saying the area would be the site of an archaeological dig, scheduled to begin today. The dig is not open to the public. "I think maybe some quick assumptions may have been made," ISU President Gregory Geoffroy said Friday. After several meetings that included people from the College of Veterinary Medicine and the anthropology department, "a lot of information has sort of been brought forward to indicate that there may be items and information that can be gained from archaeological analysis," Geoffroy said. The analysis is expected to cost between $30,000 and $35,000, which includes discovery and recovery, curation, analysis and technical reporting, ISU officials said. Matthew Hill, an assistant professor in anthropology who is the principal investigator of the dig, said researchers want to probe into how animals were studied and disposed of at the first veterinary hospital in the United States.