Updated: March 20, 1997
WELCOME TO
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:
- Center for the Study of the First Americans
- Institute for Archaeological Studies, Portland
- North Dakota State University
- The University of Oregon
- Oregon State University
- The Northwest Museum of Natural History Association
- Thomas Condon State Museum of Fossils
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MAMMOTH PARK!
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.