Talk:La Brea Tar Pits

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[edit] Human remains asserted

"One human has been found in the La Brea Tar Pits, a woman." Is there any support for this statement, which is closely paralleled by the opening of Howard V. Hendrix' Better Angels 1999 [1]. The anon. editor User:68.6.58.171 has not previously contributed to Wikipedia. I am moving the statement here for vetting, for the time being. Can we get some details?--Wetman 05:22, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

I know for sure there's one on display in the Page Museum; I recall there was some sort of controversy about her origins (exact dates, etc) but she is there. -- justfred 08:56, 7 Sep 2005

Good enough. Work that into the reference when you return it to the article then. --Wetman

There's the la brea in fiction section, why is this named thusly? and would it be appropriate to reference the scene in 'my girl 2' where Nick taunts Vada -- saying that hes dropped her mood ring into the pits. As she attempts to sale a fence to get into the pits, he admits he still has it.

Feel free to mention it. Fewer details are probably necessary.

Every Trinidadian Knows and Tobagonian Knows that the La Brea is the Home of the La Brea Pitch Lake. Not the tar pits

I'm sure you must have noticed the first line of the article, "The La Brea Tar Pits (or Rancho La Brea Tar Pits) are a famous cluster of tar pits located in the Miracle Mile district of Los Angeles, California;" There appears to be a "La Brea Pitch Lake" in Trinidad, and you're welcome to write an article about that if you'd like, but this article is about the one in Los Angeles. Considering that "La Brea" is Spanish for "the tar", it's possible there are other "la brea" sites around the world. justfred 09:54, 8 Feb 2006

[edit] Mammoth Problem

Is it the Columbian Mammoth, or the Imperial Mammoth that's found in La Brea? My sources say that it's the Imperial Mammoth.--Mr Fink 04:24, 31 October 2006 (UTC)