Updated: March 20, 1997

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MAMMOTH PARK
WOODBURN, OREGON



Mammoth Park may be the oldest stratified paleoarchaeological site in the Pacific Northwest. Within sediments >10,000 years in age occurs the evidence for man in the the form of stone and bone tools, and polished bone. Present, as well, are over 20 species of extinct ice agemammals, including mammoth, mastodon, and ground sloth. Associated fossils include wood, seeds, pollen, insects, small mammals, and birds (and even bird egg shells).

Investigations into the Mammoth Park site include a consortium of scientists from:




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The Mammoth Park web site is hosted by the Quaternary Entomology Laboratory at North Dakota State University, in cooperation with Alison Stenger of the Institute for Archaeological Studies, Portland, Oregon.

Mammoth Park's webmaster welcomes your comments and suggestions.

The background image of Mammuthus columbi is modified from:
Fenton, C.L. and Fenton, M.A., 1958, The Fossil Book. Doubleday, New York.