Manis Mastodon Site
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| Manis Mastodon Site | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Location: | Fossils are on display at the Museum and Arts Center |
| Nearest city: | Sequim, Washington |
| Added to NRHP: | March 21, 1978 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 78002736 |
The Manis Mastodon Site is located on private property near the town of Sequim, Washington.
In 1977, the landowner was constructing a pond in a peat bog when the backhoe uncovered the remains of a mastodon. Subsequent scientific investigations conducted by Richard Daugherty of Washington State University along with Carl Gustafson and Delbert Gilbow showed that the mastodon had a projectile point made of bone in its ribs. Other bone tools were found nearby, along with the fossil remains of a bison.[1]
In the Late Pleistocene the site was originally a small lake which would have attracted animals and hunters.
The Manis site is noteworthy because it was one of the first sites discovered which showed that humans hunted mastodons.
The fossil remains of the mastodon were donated to the Museum and Arts Center in Sequim and are now on display. A casting of the bone projectile point is also on display.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Manis Mastodon Site (Clallam County, Washington) National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form.
[edit] References
- Daugherty, Richard D. Manis Mastodon Site (Clallam County, Washington), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. On file at the Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Olympia, Washington and at the National Park Service, Washington, DC.
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