Bones Found Arrowhead Hunting, Need Help!

[Shawike]

I found these bones about 10 to 12 inches below the surface on an elevated overhang along the river at a local park. The picture shows 3 pieces, the third is not bone, I pulled it out from the ground inches from the bones and I couldn't even tell if it was just a strange stone or what. There was a black ashy substance falling away from beneath where I was pulling all these flakes of bone out, the only full bones I managed to find were this rib and large bone. Some of the pieces of bone I pulled out looked almost like wood on the surface, some like burnt wood. (Sorry about how clueless I sound on the natural appearance of bone when finding it, I'm normally only looking for rocks. (Arrowheads) Someone from the forum I post on for arrow points suggested this forum, any ideas? Thanks much in advance.

[PrehistoricFlorida]

The "large bone" is a horse calcaneum (ankle bone). The rib bone is unable to be identified as it is missing the diagnostic features.

[Pool Man]

Welcome to the Forum! I believe the bone on the right in the first pic, is a calcanum(heel bone).If it was found in an area known for human relics, i'd guess that the tribe had horse stew that night.

Dan

[Pool Man]

PF beat me to it

But at least I was correct.

[Shawike]

Thank you very much for the information. It's nice to know that there are people out there that can identify any bones I find while searching for relics! The site also interests me very much, as I don't mind spending all day looking at rocks I feel I could get into this whole fossil thing as well, just seems like it might be much harder to find em!